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Victorian Birdcage

Greek Way of Death by Robert Garland: Chapter 5, 'Life in Hades' covers the some of the topography, as described through literature.

Albinus, Lars. 2000. The House of Hades: Studies in Ancient Greek Eschatology. Aarhus University Press.

Calame, Claude. 2009. "Ritual and Initiatory Itineraries toward the Afterlife: Time, Space, and Pragmatics in the Gold Lamellae." In Poetic and Performative Memory in Ancient Greece: Heroic Reference and Ritual Gestures in Time and Space. Center for Hellenic Studies.

Edmonds, Radcliffe G., III. 2015. "Imagining the Afterlife." In The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, edited by Esther Eidinow and Julia Kindt. Oxford University Press.

Burton, Diana. 2016. "Utopian Motifs in Early Greek Concepts of the Afterlife." Antichthon 50:1–16.

Plant of the Day

Thursday 27 March 2025

The curious twisted branches of Corylus avellana 'Contorta' (corkscrew hazel, contorted hazel, Harry Lauder's walking stick) are covered with catkins at this time of year. This multi-stemmed shrub produces a densely branching, round crown. Older plants can benefit from crown lifting to expose the larger twisted main stems and allow planting underneath.