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== ゼウスと外国の神 ==
[[File:Evolution of Zeus Nikephoros on IndoEvolution_of_Zeus_Nikephoros_on_Indo-Greek coinageGreek_coinage.jpgjpeg|thumb|420px|upright=1.8|Evolution of ''Zeus Nikephoros'' ("Zeus holding [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]]") on [[Indo-Greek]] coinage: from the Classical motif of Nike handing the [[wreath]] of victory to Zeus himself (left, coin of [[Heliocles I]] 145-130 BC), then to a baby [[elephant]] (middle, coin of [[Antialcidas]] 115-95 BC), and then to the [[Dharmachakra|Wheel of the Law]], symbol of [[Buddhism]] (right, coin of [[Menander II]] 90–85 BC).]]
[[File:Buddha-Vajrapani-Herakles.JPG|thumb|right|alt=Vajrapāni as Herakles or Zeus|Zeus as [[Vajrapāni]], the protector of the [[Buddha]]. 2nd century, [[Greco-Buddhist art]].<ref>"In the art of Gandhara Zeus became the inseparable companion of the Buddha as Vajrapani." in Freedom, Progress, and Society, K. Satchidananda Murty, R. Balasubramanian, Sibajiban Bhattacharyya, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1986, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KQubSpHFrKQC&pg=PA97 p. 97]</ref>]]
Zeus was identified with the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] god [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] and associated in the syncretic classical imagination (see ''[[interpretatio graeca]]'') with various other deities, such as the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]] [[Amun|Ammon]] and the [[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]] [[Tinia]]. He, along with [[Dionysus]], absorbed the role of the chief [[Phrygia]]n god [[Sabazios]] in the [[Syncretism|syncretic]] deity known in Rome as [[Sabazius]]. The Seleucid ruler [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] erected a statue of Zeus Olympios in the Judean Temple in Jerusalem.<ref>2 Maccabees 6:2</ref> Hellenizing Jews referred to this statue as [[Baal]] Shamen (in English, Lord of Heaven).<ref>David Syme Russel. ''Daniel''. (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1981) 191.</ref>
