 Vergil's depiction of the afterlife in the "Aeneid" is consonant with the Homeric view as well as that of Plato, and he makes it clear that everyone faces judgment.The mystery religions of the Hellenistic era offered initiates the hope of salvation through confession, judgment, and forgiveness, as well as ritual purity.The Isaic mysteries were influenced by the traditional religion of ancient Egypt, which had symbolized the judgment of the soul through its weight on the scale of truth.