CLAA06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Anchises, Metempsychosis, Radiance
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Chapter 12 myths of death: some mythical characters escaped death by becoming gods or becoming immortal. Ithaca died waiting for his return: life below earth is same as above for those of high standing (continue to hunt, few notorious offenders are constantly punished (tantalus and. Sisyphus: then he is overrun but people asking about their relatives back on earth so he gets scared and sails back home. Orphism: special teaching about nature and destiny of human beings, origin of humans. Plato"s myth of er: morality good and bad, sins will come later in life, next life of descendants. You choose your destiny (animal/life: purification of soul before it returns to next life purgatory. Aeneas descent to the underworld: aeneas escapes troy war and lands in romans. She wants to go to underworld through lake avernus to speak with her dead father. Anchises: an old woman sbyl helps him, passed through dead people.
