The Greek Way of Death
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: December 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780801495281
Subjects: History of religion; Religion: general; Religion - Contemporary Issues; History Of Religion (General); Religion - Socialissues; History: American; General; Greece; Death; Religion; Religious aspects
First sentence: By way of prologue, it will be useful to provide an outline of the physical and mental condition of those who lived 'over there' (ekei), as Hades was obliquely termed: that is to say, the character, temperament and resourcefulness of the Greek dead together with some idea of their status and standing vis-à-vis the world of the living and the world of the gods.