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... Baurscheit, the Elder (1669-1728), Abduction of Persephone by Hades, Terra Cotta ... Artist Unknown, Hades and Persephone, Terracotta plaque, c. 460 BC ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Some Notes


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Some Notes
  • Afterlife Demeter

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What happens When You Die
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Homers Vision Nekuia (Odyssey xi)
  • Most dead in same ghostly state in sunless land
  • Cf. Achilles statement
  • Life is where its at
  • Some exceptional sinners punished
  • Tantalus
  • Sisyphus

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Platos Vision Myth of Er from Republic X
  • Dead are judged
  • 1000 years of punishment or reward
  • Return to judgment place
  • Choice made of future life, in order determined
    by lot
  • Spirits drink of River Lethe forget past life

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Consider Context
  • What is the reason for these visions appearing in
    these books?
  • Not necessarily theologically sound

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Eleusinian Mysteries
  • Mystery Religion deals with life/death issues
  • Known only to initiates
  • Ritual held once a year (Fall) with preliminary
    ritual held in Spring
  • 55 Day Truce

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Eleusinian Mysteries
  • Image of Demeter as great mother to whom (in form
    of daughter) initiate returned at death
  • Blessed are those who know these rites
  • Ritual possibly based on Homeric Hymn 2 (To
    Demeter)

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Vegetation as Metaphor
  • Cycle of birth, death, rebirth
  • Image popular for those who believe in
    reincarnation or
  • In a paradise in the afterlife
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