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- to “clean” the surface of the ground, hence their name (from the Gr**** katharsios “purifier”). Important species are Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758)...
- Pausanias there was an altar to Nike in Olympia between an altar of Zeus Katharsios ("Zeus Purifier") and Zeus Chthonios ("Zeus Underground"). The so-called...
- thunderbolts or because he was descending to earth due to his love of women. Katharsios (Καθάρσιος, "purifying"). Keraunios (Κεραυνιος; "of the Thunderbolt")...