Excerpt from Some Palestinian Cults in the Graeco-Roman Age The approximation of Marnas to the ordinary Greek Zeus is carried out further on a coin of Gordian. He is still a slight, youth ful-looking figure; he holds a thunderbolt in his left arm; sometimes there is an eagle at his feet, or he is crowned by a Nike standing on a column behind him. He raises his right hand, in the attitude which I have already noticed as coming into fashion on the later coins of Ascalon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes ...
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Excerpt from Some Palestinian Cults in the Graeco-Roman Age The approximation of Marnas to the ordinary Greek Zeus is carried out further on a coin of Gordian. He is still a slight, youth ful-looking figure; he holds a thunderbolt in his left arm; sometimes there is an eagle at his feet, or he is crowned by a Nike standing on a column behind him. He raises his right hand, in the attitude which I have already noticed as coming into fashion on the later coins of Ascalon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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