Zeus’ Missing Ears
In his treatise On Isis and Osiris, Plutarch tries to explain the meaning of a statue or image (ἄγαλμα) of Zeus in Crete, which had no ears. An Egyptian or Egyptianizing image with separate ears, perhaps on a stele, incomprehensible to Greeks, but common in Egypt, might have given rise to Plutarch’s...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Kernos
2011
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |