Psyche: The Cult Of Souls & Belief In Immortality Among The Greeks (Two-Volumes Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Erwin Rohde
Binding: Softback
Published: Harper Torchbooks, 1966
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
This two-volume set, "Psyche: The Cult of Souls & Belief in Immortality among the Greeks," delves into ancient Greek beliefs about the soul, immortality, and the afterlife. Volume 1 explores Homeric views, the concept of the Islands of the Blest, cave deities, heroes, the cult of souls, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and ideas about the future life, with an introduction by W.K.C. Guthrie. Volume 2 examines the origins of the belief in immortality, Dionysiac religion in Greece, the Orphics, philosophers, lay authors, Plato, and the later age of the Greek world. Together, these volumes offer a comprehensive look at the spiritual and philosophical underpinnings of Greek culture.
Author: Erwin Rohde
Binding: Softback
Published: Harper Torchbooks, 1966
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
This two-volume set, "Psyche: The Cult of Souls & Belief in Immortality among the Greeks," delves into ancient Greek beliefs about the soul, immortality, and the afterlife. Volume 1 explores Homeric views, the concept of the Islands of the Blest, cave deities, heroes, the cult of souls, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and ideas about the future life, with an introduction by W.K.C. Guthrie. Volume 2 examines the origins of the belief in immortality, Dionysiac religion in Greece, the Orphics, philosophers, lay authors, Plato, and the later age of the Greek world. Together, these volumes offer a comprehensive look at the spiritual and philosophical underpinnings of Greek culture.