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A wonderful presentation, but somewhat misleading. One could get the sense that the Greeks were unfamiliar with reincarnation, when this could not be farther from the truth. The Pythagoreans were propounding such a doctrine long before Alexander, and Plato--Aristotle's teacher--seems to have made it a central point.

That said, Aristotle himself was skeptical, and may well have passed this skepticism down to his famous pupil. Though reincarnation played an important role in many other aspects and ancestors of Greek culture. One might note the Aeneid, Book 6 of which contains a sublime account of reincarnation.

The point, I suppose, is that there is not necessarily one myth playing an important role in a society, but many in conflict, even when one might have dominance.