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subject	book bibliographic info
engberg, er, j., and	Bremmer (2017) 334
er	Bernabe et al (2013) 155 Bezzel and Pfeiffer (2021) 163 Gazis and Hooper (2021) 138, 148 Kirichenko (2022) 147
er, and cosmogony, myth of	Horkey (2019) 27, 89
er, and cosmology, myth of	Horkey (2019) 121
er, and law myth of nomos	Horkey (2019) 15, 27, 123, 259
er, and mathematics, myth of	Horkey (2019) 81
er, and society, myth of	Horkey (2019) 300
er, and system, myth of	Horkey (2019) 9
er, and, order, myth of	Horkey (2019) 7, 8, 42, 73, 86, 96, 101, 102
er, construction of myth of	Horkey (2019) 56
er, definition of myth of	Horkey (2019) 91
er, inner, myth of	Horkey (2019) 113
er, martha groups named aft	Ernst (2009) 271, 272, 273, 290
er, myth of	Edmonds (2004) 51, 52, 89, 97, 162 Edmonds (2019) 327 Horkey (2019) 237 Marmodoro and Prince (2015) 160, 188, 197 Seaford (2018) 200 Wilson (2010) 136
er, myth, of	Joosse (2021) 211, 213, 224, 225
er, myth, of e.	de Jáuregui et al. (2011) 180, 337
er, nature myth of physis	Horkey (2019) 5, 9, 28, 39, 56, 57, 58, 60, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 91, 93, 95, 100, 101, 102, 118, 119, 123, 145, 147, 161, 163, 196, 228, 230, 248, 250, 251, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 275, 280, 281, 284, 285
er, of action, myth of	Horkey (2019) 147, 148
er, of the elements, myth of	Horkey (2019) 55, 68, 71, 88, 95, 104
er, of the gods, myth of	Horkey (2019) 203, 235, 250, 268, 284
er, of the soul myth of psyche	Horkey (2019) 112, 125, 147, 236
er, of the, universe, myth of	Horkey (2019) 79, 94, 95, 106, 144, 163
er, of virtue, myth of	Horkey (2019) 110, 112
er, plato, his myth of	Tor (2017) 247, 248
er, plato, myth of rep.	Gee (2013) 22
er, republic, plato, myth of	Harte (2017) 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 267, 272, 273, 274
er, tamar, wife of	Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 403, 411, 432, 446, 447
er, theory of myth of	Horkey (2019) 81, 92, 100, 102, 255
erring, aeon, aeons	Williams (2009) 235, 236, 242
ers	Pinheiro et al (2012a) 17, 41, 44, 99, 109, 114, 115, 119, 183

List of validated texts:

4 validated results for "er"

1. Plato, Phaedo, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • myth of Er • myth of Er, of the soul (psyche)

Found in books: Edmonds (2004) 162; Horkey (2019) 236

114d. τὸ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα διισχυρίσασθαι οὕτως ἔχειν ὡς ἐγὼ διελήλυθα, οὐ πρέπει νοῦν ἔχοντι ἀνδρί: ὅτι μέντοι ἢ ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἢ τοιαῦτ’ ἄττα περὶ τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν καὶ τὰς οἰκήσεις, ἐπείπερ ἀθάνατόν γε ἡ ψυχὴ φαίνεται οὖσα, τοῦτο καὶ πρέπειν μοι δοκεῖ καὶ ἄξιον κινδυνεῦσαι οἰομένῳ οὕτως ἔχειν — καλὸς γὰρ ὁ κίνδυνος — καὶ χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ὥσπερ ἐπᾴδειν ἑαυτῷ, διὸ δὴ ἔγωγε καὶ πάλαι μηκύνω τὸν μῦθον. ἀλλὰ τούτων δὴ ἕνεκα θαρρεῖν χρὴ περὶ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῇ''. None

114d. Now it would not be fitting for a man of sense to maintain that all this is just as I have described it, but that this or something like it is true concerning our souls and their abodes, since the soul is shown to be immortal, I think he may properly and worthily venture to believe; for the venture is well worth while; and he ought to repeat such things to himself as if they were magic charms, which is the reason why I have been lengthening out the story so long. This then is why a man should be of good cheer about his soul, who in his life''. None

2. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Plato, Republic, myth of Er • myth of Er,

Found in books: Edmonds (2019) 327; Ward (2021) 58

617d. ἐν μέρει ἑκατέρας ἑκατέρᾳ τῇ χειρὶ ἐφάπτεσθαι. σφᾶς οὖν, ἐπειδὴ ἀφικέσθαι, εὐθὺς δεῖν ἰέναι πρὸς τὴν Λάχεσιν. προφήτην οὖν τινα σφᾶς πρῶτον μὲν ἐν τάξει διαστῆσαι, ἔπειτα λαβόντα ἐκ τῶν τῆς Λαχέσεως γονάτων κλήρους τε καὶ βίων παραδείγματα, ἀναβάντα ἐπί τι βῆμα ὑψηλὸν εἰπεῖν—''. None

617d. alternately with either hand lent a hand to each.''. None

3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.39.8 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Er,myth of E. • myth of Er

Found in books: Edmonds (2004) 52; de Jáuregui et al. (2011) 180

9.39.8. ἐνταῦθα δὴ χρὴ πιεῖν αὐτὸν Λήθης τε ὕδωρ καλούμενον, ἵνα λήθη γένηταί οἱ πάντων ἃ τέως ἐφρόντιζε, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε ἄλλο αὖθις ὕδωρ πίνειν Μνημοσύνης· ἀπὸ τούτου τε μνημονεύει τὰ ὀφθέντα οἱ καταβάντι. θεασάμενος δὲ ἄγαλμα ὃ ποιῆσαι Δαίδαλόν φασιν—ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἱερέων οὐκ ἐπιδείκνυται πλὴν ὅσοι παρὰ τὸν Τροφώνιον μέλλουσιν ἔρχεσθαι— τοῦτο τὸ ἄγαλμα ἰδὼν καὶ θεραπεύσας τε καὶ εὐξάμενος ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ μαντεῖον, χιτῶνα ἐνδεδυκὼς λινοῦν καὶ ταινίαις τὸν χιτῶνα ἐπιζωσθεὶς καὶ ὑποδησάμενος ἐπιχωρίας κρηπῖδας.''. None

9.39.8. Here he must drink water called the water of Forgetfulness, that he may forget all that he has been thinking of hitherto, and afterwards he drinks of another water, the water of Memory, which causes him to remember what he sees after his descent. After looking at the image which they say was made by Daedalus (it is not shown by the priests save to such as are going to visit Trophonius), having seen it, worshipped it and prayed, he proceeds to the oracle, dressed in a linen tunic, with ribbons girding it, and wearing the boots of the country.''. None

4. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Dodds, E.R. • Republic (Plato), Myth of Er

Found in books: Harte (2017) 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 267, 273, 274; Joosse (2021) 67

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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