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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Introduction
- Homeric Communities
- Homeric Religion
- Homer and History
- Homeric Geography
- Homeric Materiality
- Key Topics
- Afterlife in Homer
- Assemblies and Councils
- Athletic Competition
- Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean Greek Texts
- Blegen, Carl
- Boars’ Tusk Helmets
- Burial Practices
- Catalogue of Ships: Archaeology
- Catalogue of Ships: Literary Aspects
- Class Relations
- The Literary Tradition of Destruction of Cities
- Divine Epiphany in Homer
- Family and Marriage in Homer
- Feasting and Drinking in Homer
- Archaeology of Hero Cults
- Hittite Literary Evidence
- Homeric Archaeology
- Homeric Economy
- Household Organization
- Lefkandi
- Mycenae
- Nestor’s Cup
- Nostoi
- Offerings in Homer
- Personification in Homer
- Prayers and Vows
- Pylos
- Religious Festivals in Homer
- Schliemann, Heinrich
- Shield of Achilles
- Slavery in Homer and Hesiod
- Supplication in Homer
- Troy and Its Treasures
- Warfare in Homer
- Warrior Graves
- Weapons and Armor
- Women in Homer
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Afterlife in Homer
from Key Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Part II Homeric World
- Introduction
- Homeric Communities
- Homeric Religion
- Homer and History
- Homeric Geography
- Homeric Materiality
- Key Topics
- Afterlife in Homer
- Assemblies and Councils
- Athletic Competition
- Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean Greek Texts
- Blegen, Carl
- Boars’ Tusk Helmets
- Burial Practices
- Catalogue of Ships: Archaeology
- Catalogue of Ships: Literary Aspects
- Class Relations
- The Literary Tradition of Destruction of Cities
- Divine Epiphany in Homer
- Family and Marriage in Homer
- Feasting and Drinking in Homer
- Archaeology of Hero Cults
- Hittite Literary Evidence
- Homeric Archaeology
- Homeric Economy
- Household Organization
- Lefkandi
- Mycenae
- Nestor’s Cup
- Nostoi
- Offerings in Homer
- Personification in Homer
- Prayers and Vows
- Pylos
- Religious Festivals in Homer
- Schliemann, Heinrich
- Shield of Achilles
- Slavery in Homer and Hesiod
- Supplication in Homer
- Troy and Its Treasures
- Warfare in Homer
- Warrior Graves
- Weapons and Armor
- Women in Homer
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
The Homeric epics present a pastiche of idea concerning what faces us after death that often conflict with one another. However, the dominant model offered in both the Iliad and the Odyssey is that death is the shared fate of all people, and that after our deaths our souls fly down to the Underworld, where they suffer a miserable existence, stripped of all things that made life worth living.
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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer , pp. 287 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020