The Queen of the Underworld. Persephone in funerary epigraphy and gold lamellae

Authors

  • Marta González González Universidad de Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_66_17

Keywords:

Lamellae aureae, Persephone, Locris

Abstract

This paper focuses on the Goddess Persephone in the epigraphic funerary documentation and the famed lamellae aureae. Chronologically, this study is limited to the fourth century, just the moment when the Goddess first appears in the epitaphs and also the moment of the first lamellae dating. In these texts the Queen of the Underworld is a fundamental figure, surpassing the limits of her usual mythical roles: daughter of Demeter, wife of Hades. I suggest also a comparison with the pinakes of Locri, a documentation slightly earlier.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-1718_66_17

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Author Biography

Marta González González, Universidad de Málaga

Departamento de Filología Griega

Profesora Titular de Filología Griega

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Published

2014-12-10

Issue

Vol. 66 (2014)

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