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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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Apollon and Artemis 499<br />

expla<strong>in</strong>ed amber as the juice or sweat of solar rays^ Moreover, its<br />

Greek name elektron is ak<strong>in</strong> to elektor, a poetic title of the sun-; and<br />

the <strong>ancient</strong>s ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed that the latter was derived from the former^,<br />

or the former from the latter'*. Among the Rhodians, too, Elektryone<br />

—locally worshipped as Alektrona'^—was said to be the daughter<br />

of Helios".<br />

Our enquiry, as a whole, leads up to the follow<strong>in</strong>g conclusions.<br />

The cult of Apollon came <strong>in</strong>to Greece along the older Amber<br />

Route from the land of the Hyperboreans, which is best located<br />

near the source of the Danube. The A£yteiis-p\\\a.rs of ApoUonia,<br />

Orikos, Olympe, Ambrakia mark out the 'Way'" and po<strong>in</strong>t onwards<br />

to Delphoi, where the Hyperboreans Pagasos and Agyieus estab-<br />

lished the oracle**. Apollonia <strong>in</strong> Illyria was left as a milestone on the<br />

road", if not also Apollonia <strong>in</strong> Akarnania^^and Apollonia <strong>in</strong> Aitolia".<br />

' Pl<strong>in</strong>. »ai. kisl. 37. 36.<br />

- //. 6. 513 ijXeKTup, 19. 398 = //. ^p. 369 TjXeKTup 'Tirepiwv, Euphorion frag. 74<br />

i f. Stahl<strong>in</strong> ko.1 ol yelvaro Kovpof, 8s ovk rjXeKTopa<br />

Me<strong>in</strong>eke ap. Clem. Al. strom. 4. 5 p. 259,<br />

eldev. E. E. Hikes on /i. Ap. 369 justly cp. Emped. 327 Karsten (frag. 22 Diels) TJ\eKT

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