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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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6i6 The double axe <strong>in</strong> the East<br />

bearer of the red relief-ware is the Hellenised form of an orig<strong>in</strong>ally ,<br />

Hittite sky-god. If so, we shall best call him <strong>Zeus</strong>.<br />

Strabon^ <strong>in</strong> his account of Kappadokia states that next to the<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> importance ranked the priest of Ma at Komana, the priest of<br />

<strong>Zeus</strong> at Venasa, and the priest of <strong>Zeus</strong> Dakienos. The appellative of<br />

the latter <strong>Zeus</strong> is connected by P. Carolidis^ with the Armenian word<br />

daku, 'an axeV and taken to mean ' the Axe-bearer.'<br />

Less probable is Carolidis' contention'* that <strong>Zeus</strong> Genetaios^,<br />

' Strab. ^J,6 f. fv Se ttj Mopi/nrivg to lepbv tov iv Ouiyvatrois At65, iepolo'likuv KaToiKiav<br />

^X"" Tpicx'-^^'^v axeSdf tl Kai X'ipai' iepav eSKapwov, irap^x^^'^''-^ TrpbcoSov iviavaiov toKclvtuiv<br />

TTfvTeKaideKa tw hper Kai ovtSs (cttl 5ta ^lov, Kadairep Kai 6 4v Kojuacois (cp. Strab. 535),<br />

Kai devTepevei Kara TLfiTjv fier ixelvov. Tpirr] S' eariv iepuavvrj Aibs AaKtTjvoO (T. Tyrwhitt cj.<br />

AaKirjov or AaKir)vov for AaKiTj ov. A. Koraes accepted AaKi.r)vov. P. Carolidis th<strong>in</strong>ks that<br />

the title was AaKlrjs or Ad/cios ; but see F. de Saussure ' Les noms grecs en -rit'ds et le'<br />

phrygien' <strong>in</strong> E. Chantre Mission en Cappadore i8gj— 18()4 Paris 1898 pp. 185—191)<br />

\nTro^iAvr\ Tavrris, d^ibXoyos d' Sfius. ivravda d' iarl \d*c/cos aX/xvpoO iiSaros, d^ioKbyov<br />

Xlfivris ^x'^" TTf/ji/xer/joj', d

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