CLT 3370 Chapter 15-19: Greek and Roman Mythology Lecture Notes 4
23 Dec 2015
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Dualistic conception of human nature the soul is a divine spark imprisoned in an earthly body. If you were good then at judgment you would go up, bad=down. Er comes back from the afterlife and describes what he experienced. After 1000 years of torment or bliss, soul returns to the earth. Choose their next lives with the help of fates (clotho, lachesis and. The fates don"t choose the new life, you get to choose: fates. Souls of a day, here you begin a new period of life. Return: you get to the plain of forgetfulness (lethe, you drink from the river of unheeding, you"re not going to remember about your past life. Soul is immortal and moral law governs the world. He can"t go home, because the troy empire lost, so he has to find a new home. Aeneid-journey from troy to new home in italy (ancestor of the. Entrance to the underworld is in italy.
