TY - BOOK ID - 144907737 TI - Aspects of death and the afterlife in Greek literature AU - Gazis, George Alexander AU - Hooper, Anthony PY - 2021 SN - 1800852495 1789627354 PB - Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Greek literature KW - Death in literature. KW - Future life in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - Death, afterlife, eschatology, Hades, mortality, ancient religion, philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:144907737 AB - The concept of the afterlife has always been prominent in both Greek literature and modern scholarship alike. The fate of man after his/her allotted time has come to an end has a central position in poetry, philosophy and religion, often leading to questions and answers as to how one can best live one's life, and how can one deal with the burden of mortality that is inherent in every human being. The Greeks devoted a considerable amount of their literary production in an attempt to answer these questions through a variety of different media, whereas similar concerns appear to have been at the core of the ancient world in general. This volume examines the influences, intersections, and developments of understandings of death and the afterlife between poetic, religious, and philosophical traditions in ancient Greece in one resource. ER -