Vol. 31 No. 3 (2005): XXXI - 2005, fascicolo 3
Articoli

The fate of the soul in ancient “consolations”: rhetorical handbooks and the writers

Published 2014-04-14

Keywords

  • Greek & Latin Consolations,
  • Afterlife,
  • Philosophy

Abstract

The philosophical or rhetorical character of a consolatio may be determined on the grounds of the greater or lesser development of the topic of the soul’s fate after death.