Θεϊκές διασυνδέσεις, αιώνια ζωή; Αγαμέμνων, Μενέλαος και η μετά θάνατον ζωή
Part of : Παρνασσός ; Vol.ΝΑ, No.1, 2009, pages 127-132
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127-132
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Divine connections, eternal life? Agamemnon, Menelaus and the afterlife
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Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, was honored by perpetual revenge. Today there is no woman in Greece who would dare to be called Klytemnestra, given that she was Agamemnon’s wife and murderer. Agamemnon, nontheless, after his slaughter, was consigned to Hades (Odyssey, 11. 387-464), abode of eternal sorrow (11. 473-476). However, it was foretold that Menelaus, his brother and the husband of Helen (that most famous femme fatale) would never die; for he would be transported to Elysium, the dwelling place of the blessed, simply because Helen was the daughter of Zeus (4. 561-569). But was this divine connection enough to explain so radical a difference from Agamemnon’s condemnation to Hades? Surely not. The most probable explanation, therefore, is a racial mixture in Greek lands, every race’s conception of afterlife being reflected in Homer’ s poems.
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