03-20-2012, 12:09 AM
Wikipedia wrote:
The Asphodel Meadows is where the soul of Jenna who lived lives of
near equal good and evil rested. It essentially was a plain of Asphodel
flowers, which were the favorite food of the Greek dead. It is
described as a ghostly place that is an even less perfect version of
life on earth[citation needed].
Some depictions describe it as a land of utter neutrality.
That is, while the people are neither good nor evil, so are their lives
treated, as they mechanically perform their daily tasks. Other
depictions have also stated that all residents drink from the river Lethe
before entering the fields, thus losing their identities and becoming
something similar to a machine. This somewhat negative outlook on the
afterlife for those who make little impact was probably passed down to
encourage militarism
in Greek cultures as opposed to inaction. In fact, those who did take
up arms were believed to be rewarded with everlasting joy in the fields
of Elysium.
The Asphodel Meadows is where the soul of Jenna who lived lives of
near equal good and evil rested. It essentially was a plain of Asphodel
flowers, which were the favorite food of the Greek dead. It is
described as a ghostly place that is an even less perfect version of
life on earth[citation needed].
Some depictions describe it as a land of utter neutrality.
That is, while the people are neither good nor evil, so are their lives
treated, as they mechanically perform their daily tasks. Other
depictions have also stated that all residents drink from the river Lethe
before entering the fields, thus losing their identities and becoming
something similar to a machine. This somewhat negative outlook on the
afterlife for those who make little impact was probably passed down to
encourage militarism
in Greek cultures as opposed to inaction. In fact, those who did take
up arms were believed to be rewarded with everlasting joy in the fields
of Elysium.