The House of Hades

Om bogen

I The House of Hades præsenterer Lars Albinus religionshistoriske nytolkninger af oldgræske forestillinger om døden og livet hinsides, specielt inden for den homeriske, den orfiske og den eleusinske tradition.

Indholdsfortegnelse

Introduction

Part One. Homeric discourse:
I. The Homeric tradition
II. The funeral rites of Patroclus
III. The concept of psyche
IV. The state of being a hero
V. The underworld
VI. Sleep and death

Part Two. Orphic discourse:
VII. The Orphic tradition
VIII. Continuity of being
IX. The lake and the meadow
X. Imitatio Mortis

Part Three. The mystery:
XI. Representing tradition
XII. The Eleusinian myth
XIII. The Eleusinian cult
XIV. Between discourses

Conclusion

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