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    The Myth of Er (/ɜːr/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἤρ, translit. ér, gen.: Ἠρός) is a legend that concludes Plato's Republic (10.614–10.621). The story includes an...
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  • up er, Er, ER, -er, 'er, or er- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ER or Er may refer to: English Republic, alternative name for the Commonwealth of England...
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    (the leaders who rule the city). In the fictional tale known as the myth or parable of the metals, Socrates presents the Noble Lie (γενναῖον ψεῦδος, gennaion...
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    original form of the story where Er (Ara) rises from the grave. James R. Russell opines that the Myth of Er draws from a version of the story of Ara changed...
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    recounting of the myth by Glaucon (Plato's older brother, as a character of the Republic), an unnamed ancestor of Gyges was a shepherd in the service of the...
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    the myth to convey the conclusions of the philosophical reasoning. Notable examples include the story of Atlantis, the Myth of Er, and the Allegory of the...
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  • lists another Er as being one of Shelah's sons. Some modern bible critics interpret the story of Er as an eponymous aetiological myth to explain fluctuations...
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    Atlantis (redirect from Atlantis: the Myth)
    this whole feat of the Athenians, that it is neither a mere myth nor unadorned history, although some take it as history and others as myth", he is treating...
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    Reviews. Mitta, Dimitra (1 January 2003). "Reading Platonic Myths from a Ritualistic Point of View: Gyges' Ring and the Cave Allegory". Kernos (16): 133–141...
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  • other in Homeric myth.[citation needed] Iliad V. 339–342: [not] Blood follow'd, but immortal ichor pure, Such as the blest inhabitants of heav'n< May bleed...
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  • JSTOR 539834. Heide, Eldar (2014). "Contradictory cosmology in Old Norse myth and religion – but still a system?". Maal og Minne (in Norwegian). 106 (1)...
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  • of the Good, or more literally translated "the Idea of the Good" (ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα), is a concept in the philosophy of Plato. In Plato's Theory of Forms...
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    paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology. In the time of Hesiod, the Fortunate Isles were associated with the concept of Elysium, a utopian location...
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    Fólkvangr (category Conceptions of heaven)
    History of Religions: Their Aim, Scope and Validity. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-533-0 Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend...
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    Plato's theory of the soul, which was inspired variously by the teachings of Socrates, considered the psyche (Ancient Greek: ψῡχή, romanized: psūkhḗ)...
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    Caduceus (redirect from Staff of Hermes)
    classical mythology is slain by Apollo. One Greek myth of origin of the caduceus is part of the story of Tiresias, who found two snakes copulating and killed...
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  • The analogy of the divided line (‹See Tfd›Greek: γραμμὴ δίχα τετμημένη, translit. grammē dicha tetmēmenē) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in...
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  • Lethe (redirect from Waters of Lethe)
    their past lives. The Myth of Er in Book X of Plato's Republic tells of the dead arriving at a barren waste called the "plain of Lethe", through which...
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    dictionary. In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (/æmˈbroʊziə, -ʒə/, Ancient Greek: ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often...
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    Proposal". Retrieved 19 December 2023. Black, A. J. (2020). Myth-Building in Modern Media The Role of the Mytharc in Imagined Worlds. McFarland. p. 43. Delasara...
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    Tartarus (category Conceptions of hell)
    mentions the Myth of Er, who is said to have been a fallen soldier who resurrected from the dead, and saw their realm. According to this, the length of a punishment...
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    Pearly gates (category Book of Revelation)
    J. Stephen (2003). "59: Imagine the Size of Those Oysters". What the Good Book Didn't Say: Popular Myths and Misconceptions About the Bible. Citadel...
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    same body of myth, was composed in Latin by Valerius Flaccus during the time of Vespasian. Where the written sources fail, through accidents of history...
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    [[]] (Hell), and Marj al-Jannat (Meadow of Paradise).]] In Islam, al-A'raf (Arabic: الأعراف) is a separator realm or borderland between Jannah (heaven)...
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    Empyrean (category Conceptions of heaven)
    dwelling-place of God, the blessed, celestial beings so divine they are made of pure light, and the source of light and creation. Notably, at the very end of Dante's...
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    Cornucopia (redirect from Horn of abundance)
    god. In another myth, the cornucopia was created when Heracles (Roman Hercules) wrestled with the river god Achelous and ripped off one of his horns; river...
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    wife Tuonetar are the rulers of Tuonela. Although physical descriptions of Tuonela vary between different versions of the myth, a general description emerges...
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    Orichalcum (category Coins of ancient Rome)
    Cf. Felice Vinci, The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales. The "Illiad", the "Odyssey" and the Migration of Myth, Inner Traditions, Rochester (Vermont)...
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    Valhalla (category Conceptions of heaven)
    Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2 Orel, Vladimir (2003). A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill. ISBN 9004128751...
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    the bites of venomous creatures... using the virus itself as a cure of many diseases'. Menez, Andre (2003). The Subtle Beast, Snakes From Myth to Medicine...
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