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The Afterlife (other views)

The Mysteries at Eleusis Demeter Persephone grain torches

Telesterion (“Hall of Initiation”) Hymn to Demeter, 271 The Mysteries at Eleusis Telesterion (“Hall of Initiation”) Hymn to Demeter, 271

Procession from Athens ... The Mysteries at Eleusis Procession from Athens ...

Iambe: jokes, mockery Hymn to Demeter, 200-5 The Mysteries at Eleusis Iambe: jokes, mockery Hymn to Demeter, 200-5

Fasting ... special drink Hymn to Demeter, 208-9 The Mysteries at Eleusis Fasting ... special drink Hymn to Demeter, 208-9

a happier afterlife Hymn to Demeter, 480 The Mysteries at Eleusis a happier afterlife Hymn to Demeter, 480

Orphic Beliefs

Orphic Beliefs immortal spirit mortal body

Protogonos > creation Orphic Beliefs cosmogony: Protogonos > creation human origins: dust + spark sôma sêma (the body is a tomb)

Orphic Beliefs • purity simple life no bloodshed • reincarnation pure life > better next

Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles numbers and ratios

Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles numbers and ratios Plato’s harmony of spheres

Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles harmony of the spheres: knowledge of the other world

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