In this interview, 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 get the chance to enter the subterranean world with some purpose in mind, and manage to come back alive. The interviewer, Cristóbal Pagán ...
