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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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624 The axe carried by priests and priestesses<br />

elude a couple of ornate double axes, large and small, with multiple<br />

blades (fig. 525); a pair of ritual horns (fig. 526); a large disk<br />

resembl<strong>in</strong>g a four-spoked wheel decorated with dots and rays (the<br />

sun?); a small disk, with central cross, two concentric rows of dots,<br />

Fig. 526.<br />

and a crescent between them (the moon and stars?), apparently<br />

carried by a little female figure', s<strong>in</strong>ce a head with rayed head-dress<br />

is seen above and a wide-spread skirt (.-') below ; a female uplift<strong>in</strong>g<br />

I'^ig- 527-<br />

flowers or poppy-stalks (.-•) <strong>in</strong> either hand, while another flower<br />

spr<strong>in</strong>gs from her flat head-dress (fig. 527); and lastly a similar<br />

female rais<strong>in</strong>g a brace of decorated double axes (fig. 528). The two<br />

Stud, e tnat. di arch, e num. i. 176, R. C. Bosanquet <strong>in</strong> the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. 1901—<br />

1902 viii. 299 f., Sir A. J. Evans ib. 1902— 1903 ix. 92 f., G. Karo <strong>in</strong> the Archiv f. Rel.<br />

1904 vii. 145 ff. figs. 27—30.<br />

1 G. Karo <strong>in</strong> the Archiv f. Rel. 1904 vii. 147 'dariiber gleichsam Schadel und Arme<br />

e<strong>in</strong>es Skeletts [!], unten e<strong>in</strong> waiter Frauenrock.'

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