Echoes of the Underworld : manifestations of death-related gods in early Greek cult and literature

This thesis examines mythic representations of death- and Underworld-related divinities in light of contemporary archaic and early classical Greek associated cultic practice. Current scholarly approaches to these so-called ‘chthonic’ divinities generally adopt a view of the divine framework of the U...

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Main Author: MacKin, Ellie
Other Authors: Lada-Richards, Ismene ; Bowden, Hugh
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677213