ubiquitously

Updated: June 6, 2025

It was not originally the home of an anthropomorphic god, but of a divine animal. In the Diasia we find the old superhuman snake, who reappears so ubiquitously throughout Greece, the regular symbol of the underworld powers, especially the hero or dead ancestor. Why the snake was so chosen we can only surmise. He obviously lived underground: his home was among the Chthonioi, the Earth-People.

Gilbert Murray - Five Stages of Greek Religion