Ethical considerations led to the proposition that those who transgressed repeatedly deserved everlasting punishment, while a just person should gain immortality and perhaps even eternal bliss. Gradually the psyche became a true soul, separate from the body but serving as the source of personality and the primary instigator of life's important moral decisions. From an early time onward concerns about what happened after death gave rise to a rich assortment of burial rituals and commemorative practices.

             In my effort to explain Greek burial customs I must include Egyptian customs as well in order to illustrate the influence that Egypt had on Greece during the Hellenistic Period. The method that the Egyptians used for their burial rituals was mummification. This process was unquestionably very meaningful and it was very important that the process be done correctly. In some cases the process could extend over a span of seventy days. First all the internal organs were removed with the exception of the heart. One of the practices overseen by the priest was the placing of a special funerary amulet over the heart. This was done in order to secure a successful union with Osiris. The amulet made sure the heart did not speak out against the individual at the scale of the goddess of justice and divine order, Maat. .

             Greek religion and mythology are supernatural beliefs and ritual observances of the ancient Greeks, commonly related to a diverse and contradictory body of stories and legends. The most .

             notable of this religion were many gods having different personalities, human form ,and feelings. .

             The absence of any established religious rules or authoritative revelation such as for example the Bible, the strong use of rituals, and the government almost completely subordinating the population's religious beliefs .

             Ancient Greek religion has been the subject of speculation and research from classic times to the present.