Odysseus Journeys to the Underworld (85)

Ancient Art Podcast, Ancient Worlds

English - October 25, 2017 21:07 - 2 minutes - 6.07 MB - ★★★★ - 25 ratings
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A very brief excerpt from my lecture "Things That Go Bump: A Visual Survey of Witches, Demons, and Ghosts!" Odysseus Journeys to the Underworld and holds a seance with the souls of Hades through necromantic blood magic so the countless shades of the dead and the gone would surge around him.

Featured Work of Art:

Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elpenor in the Underworld

Greece, Athens, Classical, about 440 BC

The Lykaon Painter

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (34.79)

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