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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2868729, member: 88829"]In ancient Ugarit (~15th to 11th centuries BC) Baal was the storm god, distinguished in art and lore by brandishing the thunderbolt. This aspect was taken over by the Phoenicians, from whom it came to the Greeks who associated it with Zeus the head of their pantheon. So I think it is entirely proper to infer that coins depicting the Greek and Roman equivalents of this god with the thunderbolt are picking up on his aspect as the power in the storm, one of the greatest displays of raw power they regularly encountered.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2868729, member: 88829"]In ancient Ugarit (~15th to 11th centuries BC) Baal was the storm god, distinguished in art and lore by brandishing the thunderbolt. This aspect was taken over by the Phoenicians, from whom it came to the Greeks who associated it with Zeus the head of their pantheon. So I think it is entirely proper to infer that coins depicting the Greek and Roman equivalents of this god with the thunderbolt are picking up on his aspect as the power in the storm, one of the greatest displays of raw power they regularly encountered. [ATTACH=full]685024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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