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  2. Katabasis - Wikipedia

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    In the 11th book of the Odyssey, Odysseus follows the advice of Circe to consult Tiresias in Hades, the land of the dead. [3] Odysseus sets out an offering of honey, milk, wine, water, and barley before slaughtering two sheep to add fresh blood to the meal. The souls of many then appear to him.

  3. Nekyia - Wikipedia

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    The Shade of Tiresias Appearing to Odysseus during the Sacrifice (c. 1780-85), painting by Johann Heinrich Füssli, showing a scene from Book Eleven of the Odyssey. In ancient Greek cult-practice and literature, a nekyia or nekya (Ancient Greek: νέκυια, νεκυία; νεκύα) is a "rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about the future," i.e., necromancy.

  4. Elysium - Wikipedia

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    In Masami Kurumada's mythologically themed Saint Seiya comic books, the Elysium is the setting of the final chapters of the Hades arc. In it, the Saints, the warriors of Athena's army, traverse the Underworld to defeat its ruler, the ruthless Hades and rescue their kidnapped goddess. The Saints discover that the only way to kill Hades is to ...

  5. Gods in The Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.

  6. Gates of horn and ivory - Wikipedia

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    The earliest appearance of the image is in the Odyssey, book 19, lines 560–569.There Penelope, who has had a dream that seems to signify that her husband Odysseus is about to return, expresses by a play on words her conviction that the dream is false.

  7. Argonautica - Wikipedia

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    When Jason first meets Hypsipyle in Book 1, he wears a cloak made for him by Athena, embroidered with various scenes alluding to tragic women that Homer's Odysseus met in Hades (Odyssey 11.225–380). This Homeric echo has ominous connotations, prefiguring Jason's betrayal of Hypsipyle and Medea. [15]

  8. How to Read the 'Percy Jackson' Books in Order, if the ... - AOL

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    To date, there are 17 books that take place in the Percy Jackson universe, and another is due out in September 2024. The good news? It means there's a lot to catch up with after binging the TV ...

  9. Anticlea - Wikipedia

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    Anticlea was the daughter of Autolycus [1] and Amphithea. [2] The divine trickster and messenger of the gods, Hermes, was her paternal grandfather. Anticlea was the mother of Odysseus [3] by Laërtes [4] (though some say by Sisyphus [5]). Ctimene was also her daughter by her husband Laertes. [6]