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§ 2. The Nether World

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) and Birch, Samuel
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No. (1) is reproduced in Plate LII. On a smaller scale, or fragmentary, are the following:—
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There are also three B.F. vases having reference to the under-world, though in the first two cases it is probable that the scene relates to the return of Persephone (see p. 28), the accompanying figure of Sisyphos only being introduced to mark the locality:—

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History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2), Project Gutenberg eBook #48155

§ 1. Dionysos and his Associates § 3. Cosmogonic and other Deities