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The Kouretes and Zeus Kouros: A Study in Pre-Historic Sociology
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Ἰώ, μέγιστε Κοῦρε, Χαῖρέ μοι,Κρόνιε.The opening words of the Hymn to Diktaean Zeus recently found at Palaikastro instantly arrest attention. Zeus the Father of Gods and Men is invoked by a title that to our unaccustomed ears sounds strange and barely reverent.
Title: The Kouretes and Zeus Kouros: A Study in Pre-Historic Sociology
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Ἰώ, μέγιστε Κοῦρε, Χαῖρέ μοι,Κρόνιε.
The opening words of the Hymn to Diktaean Zeus recently found at Palaikastro instantly arrest attention.
Zeus the Father of Gods and Men is invoked by a title that to our unaccustomed ears sounds strange and barely reverent.
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