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The phrase “Chthonic Zeus” could, however, indicate something a lot more than a mere euphemism for that identify Hades. The idea of defining Zeus as χθόνιος, κατα (χθόνιος) ἄλλος or just Hades had been present in historical Greek literature from Homer to Nonnos. This was a form of extension, part or ‘shadow’ of the u