The possibilities of evading death and obtaining eternal life, in one form or another, were central topics in early Greek myth and thought. The Greeks were well aware of the contradictions inherent in thinking about something as unthinkable as death, or immortality, the flip side of the same coin. This interface is expressed most clearly and most often through myth. Within a mythical framework, where the impossible can be described as actual, the interaction between mortal and immortal can be articulated in the greatest possible detail and variety. It is also here that contradictions, such as the problems inherent in a corporeal immortality, are explored.
Some people look for immortality through their fame, some through their kids.
I want to be immortal by not dying. I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.