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Essays On Air: Journeys to the underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
A central convention of Greek mythological narratives is katabasis, the hero’s journey to the underworld or land of the dead – and it’s a theme modern directors return to again and again.
That’s what we’re exploring today on our first episode of Essays On Air, a new podcast from The Conversation.
It’s the audio version of our Friday essays, where we bring you the best and most beautiful writing from Australian researchers.
In this episode, Paul Salmond, Honorary Associate in Classics and…
Here, he explains how films like Chinatown, The Silence of the…