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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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female may with much probability, if not with absolute certa<strong>in</strong>ty, be held to represent his<br />

appearance to Semele. Such are the follow<strong>in</strong>g: (i) An amphora of the strong style<br />

(500— 460 B.C.) from Nola, now <strong>in</strong> the British Museum (Brit. A/us. Cat. Vases iW. 222 f.<br />

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no. E 313, Overbeck Or. Ki<strong>in</strong>stmyth. <strong>Zeus</strong> p. 401 n."", O. Jessen <strong>in</strong> Roscher Lex'Myth.<br />

iv. 676. My pi. i is from photographs by Mr C. O. Waterhouse) : (a) <strong>Zeus</strong>, with chiton and<br />

himdtion, strides to right, brandish<strong>in</strong>g a thunderbolt <strong>in</strong> his right hand and grasp<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

Fie<br />

sceptre <strong>in</strong> his left ; (/') Semele runs to right, look<strong>in</strong>g back with gestures of alarm. (2) A<br />

hydria from Gela, <strong>in</strong> the Museum at Palermo (H. Heydemann <strong>in</strong> the Arch. Zeit. 1870<br />

xxviii. 43 no. 23 pi. 31, i ( = my fig. 10), id. Diofiysos' Geburt und K<strong>in</strong>dheit {W<strong>in</strong>ckel-

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