The City of the Gods: A Study in Myth & Mortality |
Contents
1 The King Must Live | 2 |
2 The King Must Die | 8 |
The Kingdom of the Two Lands | 16 |
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according Achaians Achilles actually Aeneid afterlife Agamemnon Akkadian appears Athenians Athens attain autonomy become blindness Briseis Buddha CHAPTER Christ Christian City of God civilization conceived conception consort council critique Dante dead deeds desire to live divine doctrine Dumuzi earth earthly city Egyptian emperors epic Epic of Gilgamesh Erech eternal eternal return evil existence experience of death fact fate freedom Gilgamesh Glaucon goddess gods Greek happiness heavenly city Hegel Helen Heracles hierarchical society Homer hope human ibid idea Iliad immortal past immortality inalienable Kant kind king kingdom kingship knowledge land man's misery modern mortal mysticism myth nature nether world Odysseus one's Osiris Pericles philosophy Plato political possible Pritchard problem of death quest reason religion revolution Roman Empire ruler seems Socrates solution soul sovereignty spirit standpoint story Sumerian supposed things thinking thought Thucydides tion transcendent Trojan War Trojans Troy truth universal urban republic Utnapishtim Zeus