Hellenistic Religion
- Hercules it was believed, following the completion of his twelve labors, was raised into Elysium and made a god by Zeus.
- Apollonius of Tyana was said to have been assumed into Elysium by Philostratus.
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“... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the words of the Mass and the litanies and the old Latin hymns, in the Easter lilies around the altar, rosaries, ornamented prayer books, votive lamps, holy cards stamped in gold and decorated with flower wreaths and a saint’s picture.”
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