Album: Archaeologic sites  

Zeus from Paramythia - British Museum

Zeus from Paramythia - British Museum
Description : Zeus Kroniōn (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeús or Zdeús("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology.
Part of a group of bronzes found between 1792/6. Part of the collection purchased by a merchant from Ioannina, sold to the Czernicheff family and M. de Wierislowsky


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