Psyche by Erwin Rohde
In this work, first published in two volumes in 1890 and 1894, Erwin Rohde (1845 1898), the German classical scholar and friend of Nietzsche, describes the ancient Greek cult of souls and establishes the sources of the belief in the immortality of the soul, exploring its relation to life both before and after death. This belief in the survival of the soul already existed in the earliest Greek writings, but when and from where did it originate? In Volume 1 Rohde examines belief in the soul as it appears in Homeric poetry and within local cults, and finds that the idea of an afterlife is already represented in different forms in the works of Hesiod and Aeschylus. He also discusses burial rites and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Psyche, reissued here in the 1898 edition, remains a standard reference work on this topic.
Professeur agrege de philologie classique, Erwin Rohde (1845-1898) a enseigne dans les plus prestigieuses universites allemandes (Kiel, Iena, Tubingen, Leipzig). Il terminera sa carriere comme vicerecteur de l'universite d'Heidelberg (1894-1895). Ami de Nietzsche, il s'implique et le defend dans la querelle autour de la parution de Naissance de la tragedie (1872) a laquelle prennent part R. Wagner, Fr. Ritschl et U. von Wilamowitz-Mollendorff. Auteur d'un grand nombre d'essais sur la litterature antique, ses deux principaux travaux d'ampleur sont Der griechische Roman und seine Vorlaufer (1876), et le monumental Psyche. Seelencult und Unsterblichkeitsglaube der Griechen (1893-1894). Seul ouvrage a avoir ete traduit en francais, Psyche. Le culte de l'ame chez les Grecs et leur croyance a l'immortalite, paru en 1928 puis reedite en 1952 et 1999, est desormais un classique qui fait encore autorite aujourd'hui.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108015776 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108015778 |
| Title | Psyche |
| Author | Erwin Rohde |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 342 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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