"Greek and pre-Greek Oath : The Importance of Styx" by Marianina Demetri Olcott

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Greek and pre-Greek Oath : The Importance of Styx

(2009)

Marianina Demetri Olcott, San Jose State University

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Abstract

This paper seeks to prove that in pre-Greek oaths and truth-tests , liturgy associated with this religious stratum did not have libations as the primary ritual feature. Rather, from an examination of a variety of textual sources we uncover evidence not only that Styx and Demeter are aspects of the same pre- Greek female deity but also that pre-Greek oaths may have been associated with certain stones rather than merely libations.

Keywords

Greek oath; the goddess Styx; site of Styx; aaaatos

Disciplines

Classical Literature and Philology and
Other Classics

Publication Date

2009

Citation Information

Marianina Demetri Olcott. "Greek and pre-Greek Oath : The Importance of Styx" (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marianina_olcott/11/