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In the Name of Zeus

Notes (2) to Zeus by Arthur Bernard Cook (1925)


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referring to:Zeus a Study in Ancient Religion Vol 2 Part I (1925) by Arthur Bernard Cook
In an ancient iece of !arble the na!e of Zeus has been "ritten I#$ or alternati%ely I& 'Z( "hich
suggests a co!arison to the Ro!an sky)god I$)iter or I#$)iter* +he na!e Zeus had not been
"ritten as a ,)letter "ord I&$Z( but as I& and 'Z( "hich suggests to consider I& as a core(
e%entually oosed to 'Z*
+he na!es I& also refer to the first na!e of -od as docu!ented by .ante and suggested as an
interretation of an inscrition & at the .elhi sanctuary*
+he na!e I#$ or I&$Z refers to the ego)ronouns (iou and ieu/ in the Aline dialects
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!he "abe"s I#$ and I% &Z at the Ima'e of Zeus ( !het)s
+he follo"ing co!!ents (as a subset/ ha%e been gi%en in the source:
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1ig* 02 is fro! 3) 4* S%oronos in the 3ourn* Intern* .5Arch* 4u!* 0602 7i%* 289 f* fig* 2:*
C* Robert in the Arch* Zeit* 082, 777ii* 092 e7ressly "arns us that the suosed arch o%er
Zeus is only a scar in the !arble
;
and Stuart 3ones rints I& 'Z( not I#'* A fresh insection
of the !arble is !uch to be desired*
0 Vo"el)Se<uences in Archaic =anuscrits
2 Page ,: in Zeus a Study in Ancient Religion Vol 2 Part I (1925) by Arthur Bernard Cook
; +ranslated fro! -er!an (5nur eine Verlet>ung des =ar!ors(5/
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#f course the na!e I& also has been na!ed as the &(I/ on the entrance of the .elhi te!le
,
and
"as the na!e .ante alied in the .i%ina co!!edia ) Paradiso( Canto ??VI
:
I s5aella%a in terra il so!!o bene 0;, I "as the na!e on earth of the So%ereign -ood(
onde %ien la leti>ia che !i fascia@ 0;: "hose Aoyous rays en%elo and surround !e*
e El si chia!B oi: e ciB con%ene( 0;C 5Dater El beca!e Eis na!e( and that is as it should
be(
chF l5uso d5i !ortali G co!e fronda 0;2 for !ortal custo! is like a leaf uon a branch(
in ra!o( che sen %a e altra %ene* 0;8 "hich goes and then another co!es*
Vocative Nominative
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+ransfor!ing the %ocati%e to no!inati%e is <uite co!!on for na!es and has its arallel in Juppiter
H Zeu Pater
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translated fro! -er!an:
.ie &rhebung des Vokati%s >u! 4o!inati% ist bekanntlich bei &igenna!en nicht selten
und hat eine berIh!te Parallele in Juppiter H Zeu Pater
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Note to the Nominative = Vocative - theme
In a si!ilar "ay the Pro%encal ego)ronoun I%& see!s to be identical to the %ocati%e *%& (for 3u)
iter/( "hich has been used in *eud) (+hursday( 3uiter5s day/* +herefore in Pro%encal the ego)
ronoun I&$ e<uals the di%ine na!e 3&$( "hich allo"s us to "rite I&$ H 3&$ (JI a! -odK/
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"hich ulti!ately !ay also translated as:
I H I
I H -od
-od H -od
-od H I
, +he &)Inscrition at the #!halos of .elhi
: source : .i%ina co!!edia ) Paradiso( Canto ??VI
C 1ootnote at Page :8, in Zeus a Study in Ancient Religion Vol 2 Part I (1925) by Arthur Bernard Cook
2 Luotation (in -er!an/ fro!: P* Mretsch!er in Glotta 0696 i* 22 f*
8 Luotation (in -er!an/ fro!: P* Mretsch!er in Glotta 0696 i* 22 f*
6 I Am that I Am (Exodus 3:14)

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