Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Journals "Symbolae Osloenses"
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Herodotus, Dionysus, and the Greek death taboo. The Homeric hymn to Demeter and the construction of the "chthonic" in Greek literary tradition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009)Herodotus’ explicit avoidance of the mentioning of divine names and matters in the second book of the Histories counts in most cases as instances of the Greek taboo concerning the relation of gods to the impurity of death, ... -
On Sappho 1: vv. 7–15 and Rigveda 1.118; an emendation in v. 18
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)The literary image in Sappho 1.7–15 of a goddess ascending on and travelling by a chariot which is yoked to birds occurs also of the Daughter of the Sun in hymn 1.118 of the Rigveda. Apart from the image as such, the shared ...