CLCV 115 Lecture Notes - Georgics, Odysseus, The Burning Wheel
19 May 2014
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Hades, or the unseen one because the dead are buried in the earth unseen, where hades rules. He is also called pluto, enricher because from beneath the earth comes mineral and agricultural wealth. After death, human beings continue to exist after death, although in an attenuated form. They survive as a sort of image (eidolon) dwelling in a separate realm ordinarily unseen by the living. Disembodied spirits usually lead a dark, shadowy existence in the underworld realm of. Occasionally, they emerge to haunt the world of the living: give an example of a positive interaction souls can have with the living. When the men of gold and silver races died, they became beneficent spirits: give an example of a negative interaction souls can have with the living. The furies (erinyes) are mythical portrayals of the ghosts of slain members of one"s own family: how did ancient greeks try to ward off the dead? (give three examples. )
