ROUND TRIP TO HADES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TRADITION - Eds. G. Ekroth & I. Nilsson (Hardback, Brill, 2018)

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ROUND TRIP TO HADES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TRADITION: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium. Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean. Edited by Gunnel Ekroth, Ingela Nilsson (Leiden: Brill, 2018)

Hardback. 398 pages.

Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition explores the theme of visits to the underworld in the ancient Greek and Byzantine traditions from a broad perspective including written sources, iconography and archaeology.

Table of Contents

Round Trip to Hades: An Introductory Tour – Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson, pp. 1–10.
Travels to the Beyond: A Guide – Fritz Graf, pp. 11–36.
Hades, Homer and the Hittites: The Cultic-Cultural Context of Odysseus’ ‘Round Trip’ to the Underworld – Gunnel Ekroth, pp. 37–56.
Divine Bondage and Katabaseis in Hesiod’s Theogony – Ivana Petrovic and Andrej Petrovic, pp. 57–81.
Introducing Oneself in Hades: Two ‘Orphic’ Formulas Reconsidered – Scott Scullion, pp. 82–102.
Pathein and Mathein in the Descents to Hades – Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, pp. 103–123.
From Alkestis to Archidike: Thessalian Attitudes to Death and the Afterlife – Sofia Kravaritou and Maria Stamatopoulou, pp. 124–162.
Round Trip to Hades: Herakles’ Advice and Directions – Annie Verbanck-Piérard, pp. 163–193.
Hades in Hellenistic Philosophy (The Early Academy and Stoicism) – Adrian Mihai, pp. 194–214.
Following the Dead to the Underworld: An Archaeological Approach to Graeco-Roman Death Oracles – Wiebke Friese, pp. 215–239.
The Sounds of Katabasis: Bellowing, Roaring, and Hissing at the Crossing of Impervious Boundaries – Pierre Bonnechere, pp. 240–259.
Down There and Back Again: Variations on the Katabasis Theme in Lucian – Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, pp. 260–272.
From Hades to Hell: Christian Visions of the Underworld (2nd–5th centuries ce) – Zissis D. Ainalis, pp. 273–286.
The Virgin in Hades – Thomas Arentzen, pp. 287–303.
Why did Hades Become Beautiful in Byzantine Art? – Henry Maguire, pp. 304–321.
Hades Meets Lazarus: The Literary Katabasis in Twelfth-Century Byzantium – Ingela Nilsson, pp. 322–341.
“Heaven for Climate, Hell for Company”: Byzantine Satirical Katabaseis – Przemysław Marciniak, pp. 342–355.
Many (Un)Happy Returns: Ancient Greek Concepts of a Return from Death and Their Later Counterparts – Sarah Iles Johnston, pp. 356–369.
Epilogue: Below the Tree of Life – Eric Cullhed and Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed, pp. 370–384.

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