1. The Afterlife
(other views)

2. The Mysteries at Eleusis
Demeter
Persephone
grain
torches

3. Telesterion (“Hall of Initiation”) Hymn to Demeter, 271
The Mysteries at Eleusis
Telesterion (“Hall of Initiation”) Hymn to Demeter, 271

4. Procession from Athens ...
The Mysteries at Eleusis
Procession from Athens ...

5. Iambe: jokes, mockery Hymn to Demeter, 200-5
The Mysteries at Eleusis
Iambe: jokes, mockery Hymn to Demeter, 200-5

6. Fasting ... special drink Hymn to Demeter, 208-9
The Mysteries at Eleusis
Fasting ... special drink Hymn to Demeter, 208-9

7. a happier afterlife Hymn to Demeter, 480
The Mysteries at Eleusis
a happier afterlife Hymn to Demeter, 480

8. Orphic Beliefs

9. Orphic Beliefs
immortal
spirit
mortal
body

10. Protogonos > creation
Orphic Beliefs
cosmogony:
Protogonos > creation
human origins:
dust + spark
sôma sêma
(the body is a tomb)

11. Orphic Beliefs
• purity
simple life
no bloodshed
• reincarnation
pure life
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12. Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles
numbers and ratios

13. Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles
numbers and ratios Plato’s harmony of spheres

14. Schools of Pythagoras and Empedocles
harmony of the spheres: knowledge of the other world