Mental space compression in ancient myths: The case of catabatic journeys (Part 4)

PART 4 (FINAL) of an interview in which Anna Bonifazi and Riccardo Ginevra share their interest in applying the cognitive-linguistic concept of compression to the analysis of ancient Greek and other ancient Indo-European myths. A particularly congenial script for such an application is the tale of catabatic journeys: mythological characters or heroes […]