Poseidon, Athena, and Demeter: Epithets and associations in the divine.

The purpose of this paper is to look deeper into the connection between divinities, and interpret how a shift in necessity of mortals is reflected through a shift in the attributes the divine were worshipped through. In this process, it becomes more clear as to how the people of ancient Greece viewe...

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Publicado en:Anthropology & Humanism Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 1 - 11
Autor principal: Elema, Anika
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2025
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