@inbook{cbeff51a5b7b48868f1518c3e0c456ed,
title = "Do Not Talk Death to Me: The Epic Underworld",
abstract = "This chapter provides an account of epic katabases (journeys to the Underworld) and treats the Underworld as both a theme and a location in early hexameter poetry. Sekita presents an overview of Underworld scenes and motifs featuring in Homer and Hesiod, and as reconstructed in the Epic Cycle and other epic poets. She also summarises the main scholarly achievements and developments regarding the possible interpretations of this material, including its reception in the iconography of Attic and Apulian vase-painting and place in the broader Mediterranean tradition.",
keywords = "Epic Cycle, Hades, Hesiod, Homer, Odysseus, Underworld, archaic, katabasis, shades, vase-painting",
author = "Karolina Sekita",
year = "2024",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086585.007",
language = "American English",
isbn = "9781316514696",
series = "Cambridge Companions to Literature",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "104--129",
editor = "Emma Greensmith",
booktitle = "The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic",
address = "United Kingdom",
}