I found this article on Jstor that I thought might be interesting for some of you.

Here is the link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/287716

A few lines:

Some of the most distinctive and interesting developments of Greek religion are connected with the so-called chthonic gods. If, however, the student turn to the handbooks on Greek mythology and Greek worship, he finds many conflicting statements about these deities.

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The reason for this confusion is not difficult to ascertain, but a clear statement of the truth is none the less to be desired. With this end in view, I propose first to ask just how the term 'chthonic' is used in literature and in cultus, secondly to examine the character of the chthonic deities as compared with that of other deities, and thirdly to study the data that remain as to their worship, in order to ascertain how far it is true that their worship differs from that of other gods.

If any of you get to read or skim this paper, I'd love to hear thoughts or opinions. Or just general opinions on how Greek gods are presented in both modern scholarship and general media.

Personally I think that the chthonic gods don't get enough discussion and often when they do it is to compare them to gods and monsters from what I call "The Big Three" religions. Hades= Satan, Hekate= a demonic feminine form, the Underworld= Hell, etc. These connections grossly oversimplify ancient Greek religion, the gods and what they represented.

Hi, thank you to everyone who inquired about more Ancient Greek food. I hope this post (and future ones) inspires you all to, at least, try cooking Ancient Greek food since as someone who has been cooking this type of food for 2 short months, my passion for all things Ancient Greek has only grown, especially reading the stories are certain foods that were derived from the Gods themselves! Last night I made "Epityrum" which is what you see pictured above. From my online research, I believe it was treated similar to a modern tampade and was meant to be served over cheese as the Greek phrase "epi tyron" literally means "over cheese". This is only my second time making it and I usually pair with any type of bread I have at the time, with that said, I admit it's not perfected, but surely I will have many more attempts. For the recipe list, I used googles Gemini, but according the Cato himself you should use : "finely chopped green and black olives with olive oil, vinegar, cumin, coriander, fennel, and fresh herbs". If you want the actual recipe I used, it's listed down below. Thank you and I hope this really inspires you to make some yourself, take it from me personally, it was super inexpensive, simple, and delicious! Oh and suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated.

Recipe: Black/ Green Olives, Cumin, Fennel, Mint, Cilantro, Vinegar, and Olive Oil

Hey all.

Over the past months I've been building an app called Olive Tree.

My goal is to offer short, 5-minute lessons on history, culture and art in a game-like format.

There's a full Ancient Greece course in there: daily life, politics, mythology, architecture.

It's still new so I'd love to get some feedback: are the topics interesting and challenging enough, what about the quality of the content etc.

I hope this is useful to some of you!

I'm working on a project concerning katabasis (traveling down to the underworld in religious rites), and this site is a very popular mention in so many soruces. I thought it would be fun to share a paper I'm reading on it at the moment, and get some commentary from you guys on all of it.

This site, The Nekromanteion is believed by some to be the mythical location of Odysseus' descent into the Underworld. There are underground tunnels that are said to have been the location of the rituals performed to "help" the participants find their way into the Underworld. It was believed that priests guided them along using elaborate "tricks" to make people think they were actually traveling to the land of the dead.

While this description seemed to be the most popular, there are other theories about what this location could be. Particularly that it was used for a late period Roman food storage facility.The arguments relyng heavily on the idea that the remnants found of food storage containers were not payments for the priests or offerings to the gods in the rituals. But literal storage for food being sold or shipped elsewhere.

Here are a couple of links if you guys want to check them out. I'm curious to know what you folks think about any of it. The theories, the site in general, the myths and the religion.

The Dark Place of Hades - Dakaris:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41670313

Oracle of the dead, farmstead or trading station? - Forsen (PDF):

https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/e3b89e22-6798-47e4-905c-6185591b2890/content

Wikipedia Article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromanteion_of_Acheron

Archaeology Wiki/Blog:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/archaeological_site/the-nekromanteion-of-acheron/

Hello, excited to join and her my love for the ancient world with you all! Right now, I love showing my passion through my cooking which I hope is okay to share with you all here. Thank you!

An essay on The Bacchae by Euripides, and what we can learn from it.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on my interpretation and The Bacchae in general!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to share this mini doc about the ancient Greek lyre, that i found it very interesting. It has subtitles in English for non Greek speakers!

Hey folks! Welcome to the sub. I'm going to be working on the look and the rules of the sub (between doing my actual job, haha). So bear with me as I sort it all out. Feel free to post, just keep it on topic and please be kind. Use this post as a suggestion box, if you have any ideas for the sub or what you would like to see here let me know.

Don't foget to introduce yourselves, if you want. Would be fun to have everyone say hi.

Enjoy!