This books descriprion of the underworld is much different then what I have encountered in past Greek literature. I've always imagined the underworld to be like it was expressed in Disney's brillant adaptation of Hercules. I imagined all the dead just wondering in a dark abyss, groaning. While reading I couldn't help but think to myself that if you were a good person it wouldn't be all that bad. I would be roaming in a beautiful, peaceful field. However, if you were to die out of love or not been burried properly, not so much... I enjoyed reading this excert.
P.S. I posted on Jeremy's.
And then Jesus takes us even further!
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