Ursprung und Charakter der homerischen Jenseitsvorstellungen
By: Kres̆imir Matijević
Publisher: Ferdinand Schöningh; Schoeningh Ferdinand Gmbh
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paderborn
Language: ger
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9783506782328
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Eschatology, Greco-Roman; Future life
Description: This work investigates the earliest Greek references to the afterlife. What is the world of the dead like? Can it be reached only by the dead, or is it possible for a living person to visit it? Are there emotions in the afterlife? Are earthly sins punishable there? Are there alternatives to death? Can it be avoided, and if so, who possesses this kind of privilege? This study addresses these questions, while also investigating the origin of early Greek concepts of the afterlife, looking at influences mainly from Mesopotamia, but also Egypt, Asia Minor, and even Germania.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's habilitation (Trier) under the title: Jenseitsvorstellungen und Totenmanipulation in der griechischen Archaik und Klassik.

Thesis (Habilitation)--Universität Trier, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-254) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prolegomena zu den homerischen Epen; title: Der Ursprung des Elysion; title: Das letzte Buch der Ilias : ein Gang ins Reich der Toten?; title: Die Nekyia des Odysseus; title: Jenseitsstrafen und Verfolgung aus dem Jenseits; title: Unterschiedlische Tote, unterschiedliche Fähigkeiten; title: Der Hades : ein Ort ohne Rückkehr?; title: Konzept der Psychê; title: Die Deuteronekyia; title: Mesopotamische Unterweltsvorstellungen.