Nekuia

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In Ancient Greece, a nekuia was a visit to or summoning of the dead, usually as part of a katabasis. It was also a frequently used literary device; in Homer's Odyssey it occurs at the end of Book 11, and is also used in Virgil's Aeneid.

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