Soul’s Aitherial Abode According to the Poteidaia Epitaph and the Presocratic Philosophers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Mihai (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 553-582 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852710x514339 |
| OpenAlex | W2030433983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The purpose of the present study is to explore the epitaph commemorating the warriors that fell at Poteidaia in 432 BCE. After looking briefly at the importance of the concept of aither in the history of ideas, I will then analyze the epitaph and its message. Moreover, some ideas of the early Greek philosophers and the tragedians upon the subject will be given. I will conclude that during the sixth and the fifth centuries BCE it was a common opinion to assert that the aither, the upper divine region of the atmosphere, was the dwelling place of the soul after the death of the body. Thus, the Archaic and Classical Greeks did not distinguish sharply between the realms of gods and men
Ancient history · Art · Atmosphere (unit · Epistemology · Epitaph · Fell · Geography · Greeks · Literature · Soul · Subject (documents · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |