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    A katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, romanized: katábasis, lit. 'descent'; from κατὰ (katà) 'down' and βαίνω (baínō) 'go') is a journey...
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  • Look up katabasis or κατάβασις in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, from κατὰ "down" and βαίνω "go") is...
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    Nekyia (category Katabasis in classical mythology)
    necessarily the same thing as a katabasis. While they both afford the opportunity to converse with the dead, only a katabasis is the actual, physical journey...
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    Hell and Middle-earth (category Katabasis)
    down into the dark places of Middle-earth, too, have been likened to the katabasis of Ancient Greece, a descent into the underworld, as when Lúthien and...
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    HarperCollins, a "historical novel and a fantasy," neither of which are Katabasis. In 2018, Barnes & Noble included The Poppy War on their list of Favorite...
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    A katabatic wind (named from Ancient Greek κατάβασις (katábasis) 'descent') carries high-density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force...
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    into the Greek underworld and returned. This type of journey is called a katabasis and is the basis of several hero worships and journeys. Orphics revered...
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    Heracles (category Katabasis in classical mythology)
    Heracles (/ˈhɛrəkliːz/ HERR-ə-kleez; Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, lit. "glory/fame of Hera"), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a...
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  • Retrieved 16 February 2013. Swinford, Dean (2013). Death Metal Epic (Book I: The Inverted Katabasis). Dayton: Atlatl Press. ISBN 978-0-9883484-3-1....
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  • blows up a steep slope or mountain side Anabasii, couriers of antiquity Katabasis, a journey to the underworld This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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