Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

The Sky-god's hat 385
that type I notice two tendencies, which may be held to reinforce
my contention.
(a) The Sky-god's hat.
Firstly, the bifacial god is apt to wear a broad-brimmed hat.
For instance, on an engraved cornelian at Berlin, Greek work of
Hellenistic date, he has a wide hat on his head and a long staff in
his hand (fig. 292)^ We are reminded of Ovid's lanus ' leaning on
Fig. 293.
the staff, which he carried in his right handl' Again, a brown sard
in the same collection, a convex gem of the early Roman period,
shows a bearded and an unbearded head combined beneath a round
bat with dotted decoration (fig. 293)-'' Such a hat suggests com-
Siddoxoi, StdKovos. He cp. Od. 8. 335 'Epfieia, Aios vie, ScaKTope, dQrop edwv, h. Herm.
18. 12 X'*'/'') '^P/J-V X