Sometimes mistaken to be Plutarch himself,the above is a statue of an unknown philosopher or priest (ca. 270 BC)Photo taken by Max Lee © 2014 Museum of Delphi Sometimes an ancient text does not have any…
eschatology
Plutarch on the Soul Scarred by Many Colors
I’ve been reading through Plutarch‘s treatise De sera numinis vindicta (= On the Delays of Divine Vengeance) which features the character Thespesius experiencing an out-of-body vision. Thespesius narrαtes how the rational part of his soul walks through…
The Sting of Death according to Paul
In a previous post on common popular fears surrounding the afterlife (here), I commented on Virgil’s depiction of Hades in the Aeneid and showed pictorially one anonymous artist’s rendition of the three judges of Hades…
Wake Up O Sleeper!
In my previous post on the grave reliefs depicting the agony of separation between the deceased and surviving family (here), I shared how many people in the Greco-Roman world grieved over the prospect of never…