Pylos

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Iliad 5.395–404

The wounding of the god Hādēs here with an arrow shot by Hēraklēs is associated with the place-name Pylos, Pulos, which is figured at I.05.397 here as a ‘gateway’ of the sun as it passes at sunset into the underworld. The name of Pylos as a place t ... Continue reading

Iliad 5.646

... the idea of a ‘gate’ or Pulos of the Sun, where the mythical idea of such a Pulos is parallel to the ritual reality of Pylos as a place where the myth is realized. By implicatio ... Continue reading

Iliad 8.367/ anchor comment on: Gates of Hādēs

The constellation of words linked with pulē in the sense of ‘gate’, such as pul-artēs ‘gate-closer’ here (genitive πυλάρταο), is linked with the idea of the pulai ‘gates’ of Hādēs. ... Continue reading

Iliad 11.671–761

The idea of a ‘gate’ of the Sun is linked here with Nestor’s Pylos and with the underworldly Pylos of I.05.397.In the course of this lengthy narrative, I.11.671-761, the idea of a ‘gate’ of the Sun is linked w ... Continue reading