ITT we discuss the greek underworld and afterlife with regard to associated literature and studiesThe first reply in this thread decides your fate. By the three judges of the Underworld: >Minos, Rhadamanthus, and AeacusLook at the last digit:>0: No Obolus => Charon refuses to ferry => you're trapped in limbo as a restless ghost at the shores of Styx for 100 years. Thank your relatives when they come.>1 - 3: Tartarus, bye, bye>4 - 7: Asphodel Meadows, booring>8 - 9: Elysian Fields>Dubs+: You're a mystagogue. Get a life equal to that of the gods. No rerolls.Don't try to trick death. See how that ended up for Sisyphus
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>>25583993I'm sorry, pal. I'm sure you'll get used to it.Say hello to Ixion for me.
>>25583495Why did English borrow the adjective chthonic so successfully while leaving the underlying noun largely in its Greek form?
>>25584093To fill a gap for a neutral, academic term describing the underworld.Cause existing germanic words like earth and ground already filled that linguistic niche.
How did the Greek conception of the afterlife change as the Mediterranean world become more interconnected throughout antiquity?
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>>25584288Congrats on your godhood, my friend. As the Mediterranean interconnected, greek afterlife evolved from a universal shadowrealm into a moralized cosmology (including personal judgment, mystery cult salvation, reincarnation, ...) heavily influenced by egyptian and (near) eastern beliefs.
athenians really believed they sprung from the earth like orcs kek
>>25584297Could be worse.
>>25584472Oops.Well, just imagine Sisyphus happy, I guess.
Hades
>be ancient greek>live life morally, aka beat up my slaves, rape girls (metaphorically and literally) after killing their husbands/fathers/brothers, ostracize ugly people for being ugly>die>get to be a listless, depressed shade because the gods owe me nothing even though the priests assured me I would be judged fairlylmao imagine being pagan
>>25585329>Afterlifemaxxing
>>25585286Looks like he doesn't play favorites.
>>25585329>Shit on paganism>Get promoted into Elysium>Exactly the kind of shit greek gods would pull for the lulz
Is it me or does psychopomp sound a lot worse than it actually is
>>25585543>itYou mean Hermes?
Who got it the worst: Ixion, Sisyphus, or Tantalus?
>>25587930>Ixion Worst physical/sensory punishment>Tantalus Worst psychological torture>Sisyphus Average wage slave under capitalism
>>25583495Rolling for kinky bdsm afterlife.
>>25588351Granted.
>>25583495how analogous are Olympic and Chthonic deities to the Aesir and Vanir? How common in general is it for Indo-European mythologies to have this kind of sky/earth split, and how similar are the characteristics of each?
>>25588970Well, they are structurally distinct types of divine divisions.
