Psyche
The cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality among the Greeks
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2000
Book
Hardback
642 pages
978-0-415-22563-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on Philosophy of Religion and General Philosophy. Written around 1925, This book entitled Psyche, offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-22563-2 (9780415225632)
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Person
Erwin Rohde
Content
Part 1; Chapter I Beliefs about the Soul and Cult of Souls in the Homeric Poems; Chapter II Islands of the Best; Chapter III Cave Deities : Subterranean Translation; Chapter IV Heroes; Chapter V The Cult of Souls; Chapter VI The Eleusinian Mysteries; Chapter VII Ideas of the Future Life; Part II; Chapter VIII Origins of the Belief in Immortality; Chapter IX Dionysiac Religion in Greece; Chapter X The Orphics; Chapter XI The Philosophers; Chapter XII The Lay Authors; Chapter XIII Plato; Chapter XIV The Later Age of the Greek World;