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Ascension myths are myths about certain legendary heroes' last days of Earth before their departing to Heaven or some similar realm. Richard Miller argues that several Greco-Roman ascension myths have several features in common: Jesus Christ is a good fit, as is Romulus and some other legendary heroes. Romulus even had a "great commission" message: to conquer the world (Livy, History of Rome, I:1.16).

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  • Ascension myths are myths about certain legendary heroes' last days of Earth before their departing to Heaven or some similar realm. Richard Miller argues that several Greco-Roman ascension myths have several features in common: Jesus Christ is a good fit, as is Romulus and some other legendary heroes. Romulus even had a "great commission" message: to conquer the world (Livy, History of Rome, I:1.16).
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  • Ascension myths are myths about certain legendary heroes' last days of Earth before their departing to Heaven or some similar realm. Richard Miller argues that several Greco-Roman ascension myths have several features in common: 1. * The hero is the Son of God 2. * Death accompanied by prodigies 3. * ...and land covered in darkness 4. * Corpse goes missing 5. * Receives a new immortal body 6. * New body occasionally radiant 7. * Meets followers on road from city 8. * Speech from a high place 9. * Message of resurrection or "translation" 10. * "Great Commission" 11. * Ascends to heaven 12. * Taken up into a cloud 13. * Explicit eyewitnesses 14. * Frightened by disappearance 15. * Some flee 16. * "Dubious alternative accounts" 17. * Occurs outside of a central city 18. * Followers initially in sorrow 19. * But resurrection story leads to belief, homage, and rejoicing 20. * Hero deified and cult paid Jesus Christ is a good fit, as is Romulus and some other legendary heroes. Romulus even had a "great commission" message: to conquer the world (Livy, History of Rome, I:1.16).
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