It is in this role that Dionysos came to be identified with the Egyptian god Osiris, and with a range of fertility rituals Page 20 CLASSICAL GREEK ART
Journeying to the Afterlife in Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks believed that following death, the souls of the dead travelled to a place
From fieldwork in modern Greece to ancient death rituals Ideas about the afterlife the Interpretation of Greek History, and the Wider WorldÂ
Point #1: Everyone goes to the underworld and wishes for the rest of eternity that they were alive (See The Odyssey by Homer [shades] for more explanation)
Although we no longer (for the most part) follow the religious beliefs of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their exploration of mortality and the afterlife canÂ
Greek eschatology in the context of the afterlife journey, in order to The ancient Greeks believed that following death, the souls of the dead travelled to a place