CLC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Megaera, Tisiphone, Phlegethon
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Believed that dead souls lived in the underworld. Transmigration of souls into other bodies (appears to be only philosophical) Put a coin in mouth to pay for fare to cross the river in the underworld. Horse drawn hearse; iron rings from carts found in graves. Family had responsibility to care of the dead. Offerings to dead in or near grave; food, wine, ointment. Name for both underworld and god who ruled it. Possible to enter from the land or the sea. Had different sections, but descriptions of topography not consistent. Souls of the dead lived in underworld. Tartarus/erebus: used to refer to the whole underworld or other section where souls are tortured. Elysium/elysian fields: paradise, heaven where heroic souls lived happily. Abducted persephone, and brought her to the underworld to be his queen. Psychopompos: guide of souls to and from underworld. Prevents escaping from underworld ferryman of the underworld. Often portrayed as an elderly man with an oar.
