Upon reaching Ennea Hedoi, legend has it that Xerxes ordered his mages to subject nine boys and girls to this fate in order to appease the local goddess Athena.
During the nineteenth century Dr. Franz Hartmann claimed that he was a specialist in investigating the fates of people who met their demise in this way. In ancient literature this fate befell the second title character of Chariton's romance Charieas and Callirhoe before she is saved by pirates who enslave her. Upon reaching Ennea Hedoi, legend has it that Xerxes ordered his mages to subject nine boys and girls to this fate in order to appease the local goddess Athena. One short story titled after this fate sees its narrator fear it so much that he describes the cases of Edward Stapleton and Victorine Lafourcade, but at the end the narrator realizes he is actually in a boat and not undergoing this action. In the 19th century fear of this fate was allayed with the invention of the safety coffin, a plot element in The Great Train Robbery. For 10 points, identify this common fear, which involves being interred while still breathing.
During the nineteenth century Dr. Franz Hartmann claimed that he was a specialist in investigating the fates of people who met their demise in this way.
being buried alive or premature burial