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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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568 The double axe and <strong>Zeus</strong> Labrdyndos<br />

Larmenos^, Apollon Larbenos'^, Apollon Leimends^, ApoUon Lyrmenos*,<br />

Helios Apollon Lermends^, Helios Apollon Lyermenos'^. The<br />

marble stele that mentions Apollon Lynnenos is topped by a relief<br />

represent<strong>in</strong>g a double axe. We may, therefore, with a clear con-<br />

science regard some at least of the Phrygian riders as effigies of<br />

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Fig. 463.<br />

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Fig. 464.<br />

Lairbenos or Lairmenos, who was identified both with Apollon and<br />

with Helios. But here we must walk warily ; for a votive stele from<br />

Koula shows another axe-bearer on horseback named Apollon<br />

Bozenos (fig. 463)", while a second stele from the same site has a<br />

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The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia i. 147 no. 37.<br />

6eov I<br />

k.t.X.<br />

(a later <strong>in</strong>scription, dated 209 A. D.) =<br />

^ Jourti. Hell. Stud. 1887 viii. 389 no. 18, 2 ff. KoKaa\[diU \i]Trb tov iwi'co]<br />

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