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	Myth of Er - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Myth of Er is an analogy used in Plato's Republic.
		Within the dialogue Socrates introduces it by telling the interlocutors of the "Myth of Er." In this story, a man named Er dies and sees the judgment of the dead, and the reward of the morally good after a one thousand year journey, and at the same time punishment of the bad.
		Er was a warrior who died in battle and was brought back to life after ten days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Myth_of_Er (537 words)

	Plato: The Myth of Er
		Plato: The Myth of Er Plato (428-348 B.C.)
		This is the tale of a warrior, Er, the son of Armenius, by race a Pamphylian.
		Er himself, he said, was not allowed to drink of the water, yet how and in what way he returned to the body he said he did not know, but suddenly recovering his sight he saw himself at dawn lying on the funeral pyre.
	www.wisdomportal.com /Technology/Plato-MythOfEr.html (485 words)

	Myth of Er, Ted Thornton, NMH, Northfield Mount Hermon
		Myth of Er, Ted Thornton, NMH, Northfield Mount Hermon
		He was slain in battle, and ten days afterward, when the bodies of the dead were taken up already in a state of corruption, his body was found unaffected by decay, and carried away home to be buried.
		And of all the many terrors which they had endured, he said that there was none like the terror which each of them felt at that moment, lest they should hear the voice; and when there was silence, one by one they ascended with exceeding joy.
	www.nmhschool.org /tthornton/myth_of_er.htm (1236 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.01.13
		In Chapter IV, we are presented with a thorough examination of the presence of "war" at different levels of the dialogue, "ranging from utter destruction to deactivation, disempowerment, displacement, destabilization." (14) The myth of Er itself raises formally the notion of war with the depiction of a battlefield.
		Er's narration loses its individualized character as the story of the journey of a warrior and becomes a story of the journey of the soul, including that of a philosopher.
		(202-207) The rebirth of the souls and Er's own coming back to life concludes the theme of re-generation, introduced in chapter I. In the concluding chapter, which B. titles perceptively "un-ending," we are presented with a summary of the numerous aspects of the myth of Er and Plato's muthologein in general.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-01-13.html (1759 words)

	Myth@Bungie.org -> Legends and Lore -> Relics
		In the first two Myth games, we are told the story by the Journal writer of the Legion who documents his travels and events but most importantly, he copies down the stories he hears.
		Myth at Bungie.org is now maintained almost entirely by Gholsbane and Zandervix; Forrest is (theoretically) still around calling the shots when he can be bothered to check his email, and Claude, as always, OWNZ U. Original Nontoxic™ webpage design copyright (c) 1998 by Joshstar; updates and revisions mostly by Forrest.
		Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter, and all materials derived therefrom are trademarks and copyrights of Bungie Software Products Corporation (now Bungie Studios, a wholly owned subsidary of the Microsoft Corporation).
	myth.bungie.org /legends/relics/celtic.html (4509 words)

	Plato and His Employment of Myth
		Therefore, if myths were to be salvaged they must be censored and refocus attention to the training of the soul, so that proper opinions and beliefs could be adopted supporting his republic.
		According to Er, each soul upon death journeys to a golden meadow where they await judgement for their past deeds; those who have been unjust are whisked away to repay their injustices tenfold, whereas those who have been just are allowed to make the journey to heaven where they receive rewards tenfold.
		Er joins the journey of those released from their reward or punishment as they travel to the domain of Necessity and the Fates.
	www.examinedlifejournal.com /archives/vol1ed1/plamyth.html (2703 words)

	CliffsNotes::Republic:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Er was told to sit and watch the proceedings of the court, for he was to return to life and tell living men his story.
		As Er watched, he saw souls coming from the exit-chasms from heaven and earth; those coming from earth were weary and careworn and stained from travel; those from heaven were clean, rested, and bright.
		Er was forbidden to drink; his fate was that he must remember and tell what he had seen and heard.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-154,pageNum-82.html (551 words)

	myss.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		of a hero, Er the son of Armenius, a Pamphylian by birth.
		When the Interpreter had thus spoken he scattered lots indifferently among them all, and each of them took up the lot which fell near him, all but Er himself (he was not allowed), and each as he took his lot perceived the number which he had obtained.
		Now after they had gone to rest, about the middle of the night there were a thunderstorm and earthquake, and then in an instant they were driven upward in all manner of ways to their birth, like stars shooting.
	www.myss.com /Myth.asp (1268 words)

	mythdefinitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A fiction or half-truth, esp. one that forms part of the ideology of a society: the myth of racial superiority.
		To interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology.
		A body of myths concerning some individual, event, or institution: "A new mythology, essential to the …American funeral rite, has grown up" (Jessica Mitford).
	www-personal.umich.edu /~barbra/tvstudies/mythdefinitions.html (283 words)

	The Hero's Journey: A resource for educators, teachers, and students
		So that we do not forget, Plato tells the myth [of Er] and, in the very last passage, says that by preserving the myth we may better preserve ourselves and prosper.
		The most practical is to entertain the ideas implied by the myth in viewing your biography -- ideas of calling, of soul, of daimon, of fate, of necessity....Then, the myth implies, we must attend very carefully childhood to catch early glimpses of the daimon in action, to grasp its intentions and not block its way.
		Among the many theories of myth and many theories of ritual, the myth and ritual theory is distinctive in connecting myths to rituals.
	www.yourheroicjourney.com /Feb_00.shtml (664 words)

	Plato's Republic - Gyges' ring
		But, at first glance, the myth of Er might also seem to reverse the allegory of the cave : men living under the sun are supposed to learn from someone coming back from the kingdom of the shades (10).
		In the myth of Er, the center (Republic, X, 617b-e) introduces the three daughters of Necessity (Anagkè), the Fates (Moiras, whose name also means "shares") about to distribute "models of lives (biôn paradeigmata)" (shares to choose from, not fates to be imposed upon us).
		And while we are at names, the name of Er's father, Armenius (tou Armeniou) is a close call for Harmony (armonia), a concept dear to Plato and central to the whole Republic, as well as to the myth of Er, with the "harmony of the Sirens" mentioned at its center (617c).
	plato-dialogues.org /tetra_4/republic/gyges.htm (4394 words)

	Teaching Plato's Republic Page 11
		The Myth of Er is the culmination of the Republic.
		Ask the students to summarize the Myth of Er and produce thesis statements arguing for links to the rest of the material.
		After linking the Myth of Er to the rest of the text, think about how textual connections can be made between this particular myth and more specific parts of the text.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/gormanteachingplatorepublic11.html (423 words)

	The Claremont Institute » For the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
		She recognizes that the "myth of Er" constitutes a kind of re-telling (or re-writing) of the tale Odysseus tells King Alcinous about his trip to Hades, but she does not even ask about the differences between Homer's account and Socrates' substitution, much less explore the significance of those differences.
		In the "myth of Er," souls are first judged, rewarded or punished, and then brought to a field where they can contemplate the intelligible order and beauty of the cosmos—the orbits of the planets and the resultant harmony of the spheres.
		In his "myth of Er" Socrates thus points both to a deeper reading of Homer than is usually given and to an even deeper disagreement with the epic poet.
	www.claremont.org /writings/crb/winter2004/zuckert.html (1517 words)

	JJ's Myth Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Myth's game mechanics do justice to the ugly, bloody, chaotic mess that is high-fantasy medieval-era conflict: Huge armies of soldiers (which you can control individually) face off across rivers, on the slopes of hills or amid the ruins of temples.
		Myth took 2nd with 21% of the vote, which if you think that mostly Mac people voted for it, then I guess that's a pretty good showing.
		While the music is somewhat dark and conveys the ambiance and feel of Myth, it is also strangely calming and works well as background music while working, relaxing, or trying to scare your kids.
	members.aol.com /jcaleb86/mythreview.html (1236 words)

	Cosmic Cradle - Plato's Myth of Er
		Cosmic Cradle - Plato's Myth of Er Cosmic Cradle
		In Er's case, however, his soul reentered the body just in the nick of time before his family lit the funeral pyre.
		Er's Journey to the Land of Cosmic Contracts
	www.cosmiccradle.com /plato.html (1269 words)

	JJ's Myth News Archive (Jan. - Mar. 1998)
		On the order of Myth Ladders, I have two to report on: Indigo's Field of the Fallen looks to be a well-designed and easy to use ladder which, for the uninformed, is kind of like an on-going tournament with specific rules and rankings.
		Myth Codex has something new in the works and I'll assume is has to do with an improved version of the tournaments page.
		ShanNet Myth is a place where you can get all the info on current Bungie-approved tournaments and it plans to be a repository for custom maps once the editors are released.
	members.aol.com /jcaleb86/mythnews1.html (8422 words)

	Plato's Republic : Part 11 - The Myth of Er (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Socrates, despite banishing the poets, proceeds to tell a poetic myth, to suggest that the soul (or personality, see Part 5) is immortal, and is rewarded after death - as he claims is "proved" by the strange tale of Er.
		Er was a man who was thought to have died on the battlefield - but after his soul had been to the Underworld and seen the rewards and punishments dealt out to the good and the bad he was revived - and could tell the tale.
		We aren't expected to believe this as history - it's rather Plato's attempt to persuade us by poetic means (!) to the truth which he's tried to prove by logical means in the rest of the book.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~loxias/plato/republic14.htm (199 words)

	Jung Society of Atlanta - Carl Jung, Plato, and Tiger Woods
		He was brought to his home and, on the twelfth day, as he lay upon his funeral pyre, he revived and began to relate “what he had seen in the world beyond”.
		Er stated that his soul had left his body and had journeyed to a mysterious region.
		Dr. Hillman masterfully captures the imperative and compelling nature of the daimon and his book is full of poignant examples of well-known personalities whose lives are lived out in fulfillment of their destiny.
	www.jungatlanta.com /JungPlatoWoods.html (1339 words)

	Mike Berger, MD
		The problem of long delays in most hospitals is due more to the application of a 30 year old paradigm of how an ER should function rather than to insufficient staff and facility.
		ER's are run by doctors and nurses who have lemonade stand level business experience.
		These ER off shoots are brought to you by the same people with the same systems that produced 3 to 5-hour ER waits.
	www.bergersweb.com /myth/index.html?src=overture (926 words)

	Proclus
		Platonis II Some say that the author of this entire myth is not Er, but Zoroaster, and it is as if it was by the name of Zoroaster by which they have made the work known: such is the opinion of the epicurean Colotes of whom we mentioned earlier.
		He nowhere mentions any details with regards to the myth, except Ananke: he says she is the Air.
		Therefore we cannot discern clearly, even if it is actually the name of Zoroaster, and not Er, which was written in the manuscripts [of Colotes], if these books were the original source of the myth of Er.
	www.thedyinggod.com /chaldeanmagi/sources/proclus.html (313 words)

	Myth@Bungie.org -> Past News Archives -> August 2001
		Unsurprisingly, the Myth Series is conspicuosly absent from their countdown, and seemingly replaced with gaming classics such as Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity.
		Myth films, that is! Smasher has just made a post to our Academy forum, requesting requests and suggesting you suggest what YOU want to see at Mythmaster Central, but haven't the skill to accomplish yourself.
		Myth at Bungie.org is maintained by Forrest, Lophan, Gawyn, and Pie-rat; webpage design and original Nontoxic™ site is copyright (c) 1998 by Joshstar; no portion of this website may be reprinted without explicit permission from us.
	myth.bungie.org /oldnews/august01.html (1755 words)

	Plato's Republic
		The second myth tells of men having different kinds of metals in their bodies and is apparently inspired by the metals in Hesiod's myth which characterize the various ages of mankind: gold, silver, bronze and iron.
		Although Plato knows that these myths are not literally true, he refers to them as "noble fictions", for in his mind they are justified by their serving a morally valid purpose in his ideal state (414).
		Either Plato means this myth of his own invention to be taken literally, in which case he is asserting the fact of reincarnation, or he intends it to be understood figuratively.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/netshots/republic.htm (3388 words)

	SparkNotes: The Republic: Book X
		This argument, based on the myth of Er, appeals to the rewards which the just will receive in the afterlife.
		According to the myth, a warrior named Er is killed in battle, but does not really die.
		Allen Bloom suggests that the inclusion of this myth is connected to the distinction between philosophical virtue and civic virtue.
	www.sparknotes.com /philosophy/republic/section10.rhtml (1078 words)

	Myth er tilbake!
		Myth 3 er et vanskelig strategispill (du burde ha god erfaring med strategispill før du prøver deg på dette).
		Historien er morsom og dyp, og for dem som har spilt de andre to Myth-spillene er det mange kjente scener.
		Myth har alltid vært kjent for sitt høye strategiske nivå og denne skuffer ikke.
	www.dagbladet.no /dinside/2001/11/23/296884.html (236 words)

	Free Barron's BookNotes for Barron's Booknotes - The Republic by Plato-Free Literature Summaries/Booknotes from ...
		The Myth of Er, which ends The Republic, is more poetic than it is philosophic.
		The Myth of Er is a Socratic poem in praise of justice.
		After his soul left his body, Er journeyed with the other departed souls to a mysterious region where there were two openings in the earth and two corresponding openings in heaven.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/barrons/republc58.asp (741 words)

	James Hillman
		While this is not a new myth, the possibility that we are fated, or called into life with a uniqueness that asks to be lived, is rejected by our culture.
		Hillman: The myth says that the roots of the soul are in the heavens, and the human grows downward into life.
		The myth itself says that the soul chose your particular parents, and so they are part of your destiny, whether you experienced a lack of parenting, peculiar parenting, single parenting, or adoptive parenting.
	www.personaltransformation.com /Hillman.html (3387 words)

	Classics 100: Odyssey(s) - Beloit College Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Plato is very much an extremist in his distrust of poetry and traditional mythology, though he is not alone among philosophers in this respect; and yet even he, as we saw from the example of the Myth of Er, makes use of traditional mythology to some extent.
		Plato was not the only thinker or the first to criticize the myths, though he is among the most forceful and articulate critics whose ideas survive.
		Allegory is a word that has a number of specific meanings, but in Greek it is used rather generally to mean that, beneath the apparent meaning of a story is concealed another, more important meaning.
	www.beloit.edu /~classics/main/courses/classics100/myth_allegory.html (1616 words)

	Gamasutra - Postmortem: Myth: The Fallen Lords - The Making of a Legend, er, Myth
		The project began in January 1996 with four programmers, two artists, and a product manager; midway through development, one programmer dropped out and an artist was added.
		Myth was written entirely in C. In addition to creating the shipping product, we developed four tools to aid in the construction of the game.
		One utility, the Extractor, handled the importing of sprites and the sequencing of their animations.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/production/19980731/myth_post_02.htm (452 words)

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