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Greek ideas about the soul and the afterlife were indefinite, but it was apparently the popular belief that the soul survived the body. It either hovered about the tomb or departed to a shadowy region where it led a melancholy existence in need of the offerings brought by relatives. The disembodied soul was ... presumed to have the power of inflicting injury on the living, and proper funeral rites were held necessary to ensure the peace and goodwill of the deceased.
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[One] interesting Bible comparison can be made with the Greek hero Achilles, who could only die by having his heel wounded. What a strange story to tell! That is, it would be strange were it not for the fact that we read such an account in the Bible in the form of a prophecy concerning the coming Christ in Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. " It can easily be seen how a misinterpretation of this verse (especially in the early pre-Christian centuries, before Christ's fulfilment of prophecy was made manifest) could inspire a story of someone dying through a wound in his heel!
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CBS Sportsline - ATHENS, Greece (AP) -Rivaldo scored one goal and set up two more Sunday to help Olympiakos beat host PAOK Thessaloniki 3-2 in the Greek league. Vassilis Torosidis and Nery Castillo ... scored for Olympiakos, while Marcin Mieciel and Sandor Torghelle
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