Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks

In all humane studies, while knowledge advances, certain works retain a classic quality which puts them beyond the reach of time. Much of Psyche possesses this enduring quality. . . . To a large extent Rohde succeeded in his ideal of detachment and brought to light a new and truer conception of the development of Greek religion which in its broad outlines can hardly be shaken. . . .