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The Myth of Er (/ ɜːr /; Ancient Greek: Ἤρ, romanized: ér, gen.: Ἠρός ) is a legend that concludes Plato 's Republic (10.614–10.621). The story includes an account of the cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for many centuries.
The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues.
The tale is modelled on the "Myth of Er" in Plato's Republic. [8] Although the story of Er records a near-death experience , while the journey of Scipio's "disembodied soul" takes place in a dream, both give examples of belief in astral projection .
According to a prose summary of the now lost Cypria, Eris, acting according to the plans of Zeus and Themis to bring about the Trojan War, instigates a nekios ('feud') between the three goddesses over "beauty" (presumably over who of the three was the most beautiful), while they were attending the wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis (who would ...
On Sept. 19, 1994, the first episode of ER premiered on NBC, launching one of the most popular and influential network TV dramas of the ’90s. Critics praised the episode for its unprecedented ...
Since the 19th century, scholars have connected the story of Ara the Handsome to the Myth of Er, told in Plato's Republic (10.614–10.621). The story begins as a man named Er (Ancient Greek: Ἤρ, gen.: Ἠρός), son of Armenios (Ἀρμένιος), of Pamphylia dies in battle. When the bodies of those who died in the battle are collected ...
ER may have gone off the air in 2009, but NBC's long-running drama Law & Order is bringing some of the cast members together again.. On Jan. 23, the newest episode of the procedural will feature ...
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