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catabasis

noun catabases

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of katabasis The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, catabases, with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or

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@misc{catabasis_2026,
  title = {catabasis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catabasis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}