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Greek Mythology and Religion

Restless Dead

Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece

by Sarah Iles Johnston

A study of Greek beliefs about ghosts, especially the dangerous dead who died untimely or unburied, and of the specialists and rites used to deal with them. Johnston also examines the roles of Hecate and of female demons such as Mormo and Lamia.

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