Open AccessSarapis invoked as Zeus Dodonaios on a magical gem used for divinatory purposes
Author(s) -
Christopher A. Faraone
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
romanitas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2318-9304
DOI - 10.17648/rom.v0i9.18483
Subject(s) - zeus (particle detector) , art , jar , computer science , physics , deep inelastic scattering , inelastic scattering , scattering , optics , operating system
In this article, we propose to analyze the connection between Zeus Dodonaios and Serapis in the Greek world from the analysis of some magical gems bearing representations of Zeus Dodonaios enthroned as Sarapis and reports collected from the Greek Magical Papyri.