num_pages: 642
description: Psyche (1890-94) remains a standard reference work for Greek cult practices &amp; beliefs related to the soul.Prefaces &amp; Notes1. Beliefs About the Soul &amp; Cult of Souls in the Homeric Poems 2. Islands of the Blest. Translation 3. Cave Deities. Subterranean Translation 4. Heroes 5. The Cult of Souls:- i. Cult of Chthonic Deities- ii. Funeral Ceremonies &amp; Worship of the Dead- iii. Traces of the Cult of Souls in the Blood Feud &amp; Satisfaction for Murder 6. The Eleusinian Mysteries 7. Ideas of the Future Life 8. Origins of the Belief in Immortality-The Thracian Worship of Dionysos 9. Dionysiac Religion in Greece. Its Amalgamation w/Apolline Religion. Ecstatic Prophecy. Ritual Purification &amp; Exorcism. Asceticism 10. The Orphics 11. The Philosophers 12. The Lay Authors: Lyric Poets/Pindar/The Tragedians
language: English
title: Psyche: The Cult of Souls & Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks [2 Volumes]
publisher: Harper & Row (NYC)