An idea of the afterlife known as Elysium, also referred to as the Elysian Fields or Elysian Plains, evolved over time and was upheld by several Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. It was once cut off from domain of Hades, the underworld of the Greeks. Only mortals who were linked to the gods and other heroes were permitted to cross the Styx River. Later, those selected by the gods, the pious, and the brave were added to the list of people who could enter. After passing away, individuals would stay at the Elysian Fields to live a blissful and happy afterlife and partake in whatever pleasures they had loved in life. Homer claimed that the Elysian Fields were situated by the Okeanos stream at the westernmost point of the planet. Elysium was also referred to as the Fortunate Isles or the Isles of the Blessed, and it was thought to be located in the western ocean at the edge of the earth during the time of the Greek poet Hesiod. The Theban poet Pindar would condense the Isles of the Blessed to a single island, describing it as having shady parks and people who enjoyed sports and music as their hobbies. The name of the monarch of Elysium differs depending on the author: Rhadamanthus with fair hair is said to live there by Homer in the Odyssey, while Pindar and Hesiod identify Cronus as the ruler
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Aristotle established the Peripatetic School, a philosophical institution, in the Lyceum of Classical Athens in 335 BC. Members of this unofficial organisation engaged in philosophical and scientific research. The school started to collapse about the middle of the third century BC, and it was not until the Roman era that it began to flourish again. The word Peripatetic is a transliteration of the ancient Greek word περιπατητικός which means -- Of Walking or Given to Walking About. The Peripatetic school was originally referred to as the Peripatos. Because of the peripatoi, or Walkways, of the Lyceum, where the members congregated, the school so acquired its name. Aristotle, unlike Plato, was not an Athens resident and was consequently unable to hold land; as a result, he and his associates met on the Lyceum grounds, much as earlier philosophers like Socrates had done. The school also started to be recognized to as the Lyceum because of its connection to the gymnasium. The Peripatetic assemblies were presumably run less formally in the beginning than the term School implies; there was presumably no established curriculum, requirements for pupils, or even membership fees. Aristotle did give lectures and classes there, but he also collaborated with other students on philosophical and scientific research. A lot of the works that have survived in name of Aristotle appear to be based on the lectures he delivered at the university. The goal of the school, at least in his days, was to examine philosophical and scientific hypotheses rather than advance any particular belief; those in charge of the school collaborated on an equal basis. Aristotle left Athens perhaps soon after the passing of Alexander the Great in June 323 BC to avoid persecution by anti-Macedonian forces in Athens because of his connections to Macedonia. Theophrastus succeeded Aristotle as head of the school after his passing in 322 BC. Strato of Lampsacus, who emphasised the naturalistic components of philosophy of Aristotle and embraced a sort of atheism, was the most notable member of the school after Theophrastus. The Peripatetic school experienced a downturn following Strato. All the philosophical schools of Athens suffered severe disruptions during the siege of the city in 86 BC by Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla and the Lyceum ceased to be a functioning organisation. Strangely, it seems as though this incident has given the Peripatetic school fresh life. The writings of Aristotle and Theophrastus were carried back to Rome by Sulla, where they served as the foundation for a new compilation of works of Aristotle put together by Andronicus of Rhodes, which is what is now known as the Corpus Aristotelicum.
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The Ateshgah of Baku, also known as the Fire Temple of Baku, is a religious building that resembles a castle and is located in Surakhany town, a suburb of Baku, Azerbaijan. Atashgah, a toponym in Persian, literally translates as House of Fire. Azerbaijani borrows the word Atesh and from Persian. The temple was a centre of worship for the Zoroastrian, Hindu, Sikh, and Persian religions, according to Persian and Indian inscriptions. The Persian term for fire is Atash. The tetrapillar-altar in the centre of the pentagonal structure, features a courtyard enclosed by monk-quarters and was constructed between the 17th and 18th centuries. Due to the declining Indian population in the region, it was deserted in the late nineteenth century. Zoroastrians from the Northwestern Indian Subcontinent, who engaged in trade with the Caspian region, used Baku Ateshgah as a place of pilgrimage and as a philosophical hub. Some claim that the architecture of the temple is in the traditional Sasanian fashion. They considered ateshi (fire), badi (air), abi (water), and heki (earth) to be the four sacred elements. In terms of their respective religions, Jonas Hanway, an early European critic, lumped Zoroastrians, Sikhs, and Hindus together as ::- These opinions, with a few alterations, are still maintained by some of the posterity of the ancient Indians and Persians, who are called Gebers or Gaurs, and are very zealous in preserving the religion of their ancestors; particularly in regard to their veneration for the element of fire. There is also a controversy over whether the Atashgah was originally a Zoroastrian or a Hindu edifice because fire is revered in both religions (under the names Agni and Atar, respectively). Zoroastrian academics have specifically noted the trident set atop the structure as a cause for interpreting the Atashgah to be a Hindu site (as the Trishula, which is frequently mounted on temples). Given though the trident emblem is not connected to Zoroastrianism, an Azerbaijani presentation on the history of Baku, which refers to the sanctuary as a Hindu temple, defines the trident as a Zoroastrian symbol of — Good thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds. In 1975, the compound was transformed into a museum. [Information and Image Credit :: Ateshgah_of_Baku, Wikipedia] [image : 1. Atəşgah, Azerbaijan; 2. Guebre Ceremony in Ateshgah Temple] [Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International and Public Domain Work (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Original Source Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jahlinmarceta_baku_temple.jpg 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guebre_ceremony_in_Ateshgah.jpg ] #Architecture
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