CLAS 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Quintus Smyrnaeus, Casus Belli, Aegeus
20 Apr 2018
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Wednesday february 28th (views of the afterlife and orpheus and eurydice) Three major ancient authors taken together to provide a composite and virtually complete summary of the philosophical and religious beliefs about the afterlife evolved by the. Greeks and romans: homer, odyssey, book 11, the nekuia; plato, republic, book 10, the myth of er; and vergil, aeneid, book 6. Quote from 2 peter 2:4 basically showing how even in the bible hell is often times referred to as tartarus. This just goes to show that the greek world for hell was pretty much found everywhere. Minos, rhadamanthys, and aeacus are the three judges responsible for passing sentence on the just and unjust souls. Each individual was responsible for a certain type of soul. The greatest mythological sinners tityus: a vulture tears at his liver, which is ever renewed. Ixion: is bound forever to a revolving fiery wheel.
