Greek Afterlife

Greek Afterlife “ Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead is to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; In fact I once heard Sages say that we are now dead and our body is our tomb…” (Socrates, Plato, Gorgias 492e) Everyone agrees that one day all man will die, however, after that opinions vary greatly. Is there an afterlife? If so, what is it like? The ancient …

…life. Tartarus is gloomy and dark for eternity. Greeks led their lives to please the judges in the afterlife, so when their time came their’ hopeful destiny would come true. Many hoped to go to the Elysian Fields, but consequently if their’ lives didn’t live up to the judges expectations; they would unfortunately descend to Tartarus. Last of all, Greek afterlife had a great influence on the way the ancient Greeks lived their lives.