UID:
almahu_9947415903102882
Format:
1 online resource (446 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511710698 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Classics
Content:
In this work, first published in two volumes in 1890 and 1894, Erwin Rohde (1845–1898), the German classical scholar and friend of Nietzsche, describes the ancient Greek cult of souls and establishes the sources of the belief in the immortality of the soul, exploring its relation to life both before and after death. This belief in the survival of the soul already existed in the earliest Greek writings, but when and from where did it originate? Volume 2 examines the question in the context of the worship of Dionysos, arguing that there were originally many sides to the cult of the wine-god, and that one of these may have been the source of this belief. Psyche, reissued here in the 1898 edition, remains a standard reference work on this topic.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108015783
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511710698
