eidolon
ancestor intermediate Ancient Greece single tradition · 1
In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. In the Homeric epic, it plays two functions: one as an image of the dead; and, as the deceased in propria persona.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – -100
- Historical notes
- Appears in Homeric epic poems.
Relationships
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Homer uses the concept as a free-standing idea that gives Helen life after death. Euripides entangles it with the idea of kleos, the one being the product of the other.”
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