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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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796<br />

The thunderbolt of <strong>Zeus</strong><br />

Different <strong>in</strong> character from this early representation are the<br />

attempts made occasionally throughout the classical period to equip<br />

Fig. 765.<br />

Poseidon with the attributes of <strong>Zeus</strong>, attempts possibly prompted<br />

by the l<strong>in</strong>ger<strong>in</strong>g belief that the former was fundamentally ak<strong>in</strong> to<br />

<strong>in</strong>scribed F'OM 0$A that Poseidon is actually dubbed Ai6(j) i&yaX/xa). Why not<br />

read Uoaoididv)? Cp. Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. i. 1431 f. no. 2132 with n. 3, and<br />

F. Bechtel Die griechischen Dialekte Berl<strong>in</strong> 1921 i. 350 f.

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