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Psyche

Subtitle: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among the Greeks

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Religion & mythology History - Ancient Archaeology & Anthropology Philosophy & Ethics Religion/Spirituality

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W. B. (William Bernard) Hillis translation en

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Psyche PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PRELIMINARY NOTE TO THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH EDITIONS TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

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W. B. (William Bernard) Hillis translation

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1. Psyche 2. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 4. PRELIMINARY NOTE TO THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH EDITIONS 5. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE 6. PART I CHAPTER I ΒELIEFS ABOUT THE SOUL AND CULT OF SOULS IN THE HOMERIC POEMS 7. PART I CHAPTER I ΒELIEFS ABOUT THE SOUL AND CULT OF SOULS IN THE HOMERIC POEMS (continued 2)8. NOTES TO CHAPTER I 9. CHAPTER II ISLANDS OF THE BLEST TRANSLATION 10. CHAPTER III CAVE DEITIES: SUBTERRANEAN TRANSLATION 11. CHAPTER IV HEROES 12. CHAPTER V THE CULT OF SOULS 13. NOTES TO CHAPTER V 14. CHAPTER VI THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES 15. CHAPTER VII IDEAS OF THE FUTURE LIFE 16. PART II CHAPTER VIII ORIGINS OF THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY THE THRACIAN WORSHIP OF DIONYSOS 17. CHAPTER IX DIONYSIAC RELIGION IN GREECE ITS AMALGAMATION WITH APOLLINE RELIGION. ECSTATIC PROPHECY. RITUAL PURIFICATION AND EXORCISM. ASCETICISM 18. CHAPTER X THE ORPHICS 19. CHAPTER XI THE PHILOSOPHERS 20. CHAPTER XII THE LAY AUTHORS 21. CHAPTER XIII PLATO 22. CHAPTER XIV THE LATER AGE OF THE GREEK WORLD PART I PHILOSOPHY 23. CHAPTER XIV PART II POPULAR BELIEF 24. NOTES TO CHAPTER XIV PART II 25. INDEX

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