The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Index Database

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subject	book bibliographic info
katharmos	Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 32, 54, 145 Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 143, 145, 149, 180, 238, 258
katharmos, purification	Gee (2020), Mapping the Afterlife: From Homer to Dante, 30, 108, 109, 110, 237, 238, 245, 246, 247
katharmos, καθαρμός	Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 73, 391, 392

List of validated texts:

2 validated results for "katharmos"

1. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 1059-1060 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • katharmos

Found in books: Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 145; Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 145

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1059 εἷς σοὶ καθαρμός· Λοξίας δὲ προσθιγὼν'¹⁰⁶⁰ ἐλεύθερόν σε τῶνδε πημάτων κτίσει. Ὀρέστης ' None

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1059 There is one way to cleanse you: the touch of Loxias '¹⁰⁶⁰ will set you free from this affliction. Orestes ' None

2. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 99-101 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • katharmos

Found in books: Meinel (2015), Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy, 54; Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 180

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99 With what sort of purification? What is the manner of the misfortune? Creon ¹⁰⁰ By banishing the man, or by paying back bloodshed with bloodshed, since it is this blood which brings the tempest on our city. Oedipu'¹⁰¹ By banishing the man, or by paying back bloodshed with bloodshed, since it is this blood which brings the tempest on our city. Oedipu ' None

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