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i had had thoughts like his, when herakles was sent down to aides (hades) of the gates (pylartês), to hale back from erebos (the kingdom of the dark) the hound [kerberos] of the grisly death god, never would he have got clear of the steep-dripping stygian water.'" homer, iliad . ff : "aides gives not
careless of me when i lived, but only in death. bury me as quickly as may be, let me pass through the gates of aides (pylai aidao). the souls (psykhai), the images (eidôla) of dead men, hold me at a distance, and will not let me cross the river and mingle among them, but i wander as i am by aides'...
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