English Dictionary

chthonian

/ˈkθəʊnɪən/

adj

Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.

The ancient Greeks believed in chthonian deities who ruled the underworld.

意味（1）

Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.

Consus, moreover, is regarded as a god of the lower world, or Chthonian divinity—another circumstance which connects him with Poseidôn, whose character becomes more and more Chthonian the farther his cultus is traced into the East, where also his phase as lord of knowledge and wisdom appears more manifestly.