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The Greek Afterlife II CLAS-E 128 Harvard Extension School Oct. 15th,2007. The Chthonic Deities. Demeter (Ceres) Kore (Persephone. Proserpina) Hades (Pluto) Orpheus Dionysus Hecate Hermes (Mercury) the Erinyes or Furies (used for curses). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Chthonic Deities
•Demeter (Ceres)
•Kore (Persephone. Proserpina)
•Hades (Pluto)
• Orpheus
•Dionysus
•Hecate
•Hermes (Mercury)
• the Erinyes or Furies (used for curses)
Demeter (Ceres)
•Central to the festival of the
Chthonia•Myth of Demeter and Persephone
•Homeric Hymn to Demeter
•The Eleusinian Mysteries
Orpheus and OrphismOrpheus and Orphism
• Associated with ThraceAssociated with Thrace
• Information from the Information from the RhapsodiesRhapsodies, a Hellenistic , a Hellenistic compilation of Orphicacompilation of Orphica ca. 3rd c en BCE ca. 3rd c en BCE
• The The Orphic TheogonyOrphic Theogony
Mosaico pavimentale romano, da Palermo. Museo archeologico regionale di Palermo,
The Death of Orpheus, by Albrecht Durer
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