Velchanos was a youthful male deity of Cretan origin; in time he became identified as Zeus and was worshipped in the form of a divine boy (one of his titles was ho megas kouros or ‘the great youth’). His sanctuaries were often in caves or in woodlands (as here).
Velchanos was a youthful male deity of Cretan origin; in time he became identified as Zeus and was worshipped in the form of a divine boy (one of his titles was ho megas kouros or ‘the great youth’). His sanctuaries were often in caves or in woodlands (as here).
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