tailieunhanh - Greek and Roman Ghost Stories

Though there is no period at which the ancients do not seem to have believed in a future life, continual confusion prevails when they come to picture the existence led by man in the other world, as we see from the sixth book of the _Æneid_. Combined with the elaborate mythology of Greece, we are confronted with the primitive belief of Italy, and doubtless of Greece too--a belief supported by all the religious rites in connection with the dead--that the spirits of the departed lived on in the tomb with the body. As cremation gradually superseded burial, the idea took shape that the soul might. | Greek and Roman Ghost Stories 1 A free download from http Greek and Roman Ghost Stories The Project Gutenberg eBook Greek and Roman Ghost Stories by Lacy Collison-Morley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Greek and Roman Ghost Stories Author Lacy Collison-Morley Release Date November 30 2005 eBook 17190 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREEK AND ROMAN GHOST STORIES E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger Janet Blenkinship Brian Janes and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http GREEK AND ROMAN GHOST STORIES by Greek and Roman Ghost Stories 2 LACY COLLISON-MORLEY Formerly Scholar of St. John s College Oxford Author of Giuseppe Baretti and His Friends Modern Italian Literature Oxford B. H. Blackwell Broad Street London Simpkin Marshall Co. Limited MCMXII This collection was originally begun at the suggestion of Mr. Marion Crawford whose wide and continual reading of the classics supplied more than one of the stories. They were put together during a number of years of casual browsing among the classics and will perhaps interest others who indulge in similar amusements. CONTENTS PAGE I. THE POWER OF THE DEAD TO RETURN TO EARTH 1 II. THE BELIEF IN GHOSTS IN GREECE AND ROME 13 III. STORIES OF HAUNTING 19 IV. NECROMANCY 33 V. VISIONS OF THE DEAD IN SLEEP 45 VI. APPARITIONS OF THE DEAD 54 VII. WARNING APPARITIONS 72 I THE POWER OF THE DEAD TO RETURN TO EARTH Though there is no period at which the ancients do not seem to have believed in a future life continual confusion prevails when they come to picture the existence led by man in the other world as we see from the sixth book of the Lucid. Combined with the elaborate mythology of Greece we are confronted with