Round trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean tradition : visits to the underworld from antiquity to Byzantium /

"The possibility of visiting the realms of the dead and yet returning alive is an idea that has fascinated people throughout time and across cultures. The European tradition goes back to Greek and Roman antiquity, represented by such famous round trips to Hades as those undertaken by Odysseus a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ekroth, Gunnel (Editor ), Nilsson, Ingela (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, [2018]
Colección:Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean, volume 2
Temas:
Voyages to the otherworld.
Voyages to the otherworld in literature.
Voyages dans d'autres mondes.
Voyages dans d'autres mondes dans la littérature.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
Civilization
Voyages to the otherworld
Voyages to the otherworld in literature
Mediterranean Region > Civilization.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Civilisation.
Mediterranean Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The possibility of visiting the realms of the dead and yet returning alive is an idea that has fascinated people throughout time and across cultures. The European tradition goes back to Greek and Roman antiquity, represented by such famous round trips to Hades as those undertaken by Odysseus and Aeneas, but it is clear that the Graeco-Roman tradition had older Mesopotamian antecedents."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 397 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004375963
9004375961
ISSN:2405-4771 ;

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