THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HADES88

The phrase “Chthonic Zeus” could, nonetheless, imply something much more than a mere euphemism for the name Hades. The thought of defining Zeus as χθόνιος, κατα (χθόνιος) ἄλλος or just Hades had been existing in historical Greek literature from Homer to Nonnos. This was a sort of extension, aspect or ‘shadow’ on the