Life, Death, and a Lokrian Goddess: Revisiting the Nature of Persephone in the Gold Leaves of Magna Graecia

This article argues for a reevaluation of the goddess Persephone as she appears in a subcorpus of the funerary gold leaves. It is argued that the presence of the regionally powerful Lokrian Persephone shaped the representation of the goddess in the leaves crafted for consumption in Magna Graecia. Re...

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Main Author: Eisenfeld, Hanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Centre [2016]
In: Kernos
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Pages: 41-72
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