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Book 11 The Book of the Dead

Book 11 The Book of the Dead. Afterlife in Ancient Greece. All Greeks believed in some form of afterlife Unlike our modern understanding of ‘hell’, Hades was not primarily a place of punishment However, it was considered to be cold and gloomy and the rest of eternity was bleak

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Book 11 The Book of the Dead

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  1. Book 11The Book of the Dead Afterlife in Ancient Greece

  2. All Greeks believed in some form of afterlife • Unlike our modern understanding of ‘hell’, Hades was not primarily a place of punishment • However, it was considered to be cold and gloomy and the rest of eternity was bleak • The only people who could avoid eternity in Hades were those granted divinity, in which case they live on Mt. Olympus with the other gods and goddesses • Gradually, concepts of reward and punishment were enlarged

  3. Those who faced ‘punishment’ in the afterlife endured eternal frustration of effort (Sisyphus & Tantalus) • The concept of judgment contains an obvious ethical message- act justly in this life. (resembles later Christian views of life and death) • Judaism and Christianity developed from relatively minor cults into major religious institutions replacing the belief system of ancient Greece

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