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Chapter 2 - The Time of Death

from Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2022

Simon Goldhill
Simon Goldhill
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University of Cambridge
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Summary

How eternity grounds early Greek thinking about death and human achievement is articulated vividly by Plato, especially in his response to Homer’s paradigms.

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TemporalitytimedeathChristianityCultural change
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The Christian Invention of Time
Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity
 , pp. 45 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Time of Death
  • Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The Christian Invention of Time
  • Online publication: 13 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071260.003
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  • The Time of Death
  • Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The Christian Invention of Time
  • Online publication: 13 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071260.003
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  • The Time of Death
  • Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The Christian Invention of Time
  • Online publication: 13 January 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009071260.003
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