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... Dead 33 VI . The Third Estate of the Dead 42 VII . Intercourse with the Unseen 51 VIII . The Invasion of the Olympians IX . The Gifts of the Olympians X. The Poet as Theologian : I. Homer Gods and Men 71 90 ΙΟΙ XI . Homer : Men and Gods ...
... Dead 33 VI . The Third Estate of the Dead 42 VII . Intercourse with the Unseen 51 VIII . The Invasion of the Olympians IX . The Gifts of the Olympians X. The Poet as Theologian : I. Homer Gods and Men 71 90 ΙΟΙ XI . Homer : Men and Gods ...
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... dead , which may be in- scribed I.X.NI.KA. in its four corners , or with the Pentagram of the Pythagoreans . Practices persist : they are inherent in the national life , which never dies . Dr. Mahaffy recounts how one morn- ing he saw a ...
... dead , which may be in- scribed I.X.NI.KA. in its four corners , or with the Pentagram of the Pythagoreans . Practices persist : they are inherent in the national life , which never dies . Dr. Mahaffy recounts how one morn- ing he saw a ...
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... dead body as well as a living , and disturb the dead man's future life , whatever it might be ; consequently means had to be taken to exclude them . A charm was placed in his mouth , across which the kĥpes could not pass . Later it was ...
... dead body as well as a living , and disturb the dead man's future life , whatever it might be ; consequently means had to be taken to exclude them . A charm was placed in his mouth , across which the kĥpes could not pass . Later it was ...
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... dead man from disturb- ing his murderers than cutting off his hands and feet . Professor Murray maintains that in the above passage there is no object to κατέκαιον , and it might be τὴν θυσίαν , which is the effigy of the man . After ...
... dead man from disturb- ing his murderers than cutting off his hands and feet . Professor Murray maintains that in the above passage there is no object to κατέκαιον , and it might be τὴν θυσίαν , which is the effigy of the man . After ...
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... dead could carry messages into the realms of the dead was common enough . Poly- xena , just before she is offered upon the tomb of Achilles , is made to say : τί σοι πρὸς Ἕκτορ ̓ ἢ γέροντ ̓ εἴπω πόσιν ; To which Hekube makes answer ...
... dead could carry messages into the realms of the dead was common enough . Poly- xena , just before she is offered upon the tomb of Achilles , is made to say : τί σοι πρὸς Ἕκτορ ̓ ἢ γέροντ ̓ εἴπω πόσιν ; To which Hekube makes answer ...
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