Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
$1,900.00
(Five Volume Set) Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion. Vol. I: Zeus God of the Bright Sky. Vol. II, part I: Zeus, God of the Dark Sky, Pt I: Zeus, God of the Dark Sky. Volume III, Pt II: God of the Dark Sky. with Appendix volumes. Profusely illustrated and includes the original fold out plates. An extremely difficult to find set with the original plates. Sections Include: Zeus as the Daylight, Zeus as the Burning Sky, Wolf God or Light God? The Cult of Zeus, The Mountain Cults of Zeus, The Significance of the Bull in the Cults of Zeus, The Sun as a Bronze Man, etc. etc. Considered the most complete study ever done on the subject and is the defining work on the God. Complete in five volumes with original fold out plates in rear pockets. Ex-library stamps and marks throughout and fading to the spine of several volumes. Gilt lettering to boards and light shelfwear to corners and ends. A scarce set and all original.