Back الجنائز اليونانية القديمة وممارسات الدفن Arabic Ritos funerarios de la Antigua Grecia Spanish مراسم تشییع جنازه و تدفین یونان باستان Persian Rite funéraire dans la Grèce antique French Adat kematian dan penguburan Yunani Kuno ID 古希腊丧葬 Chinese

Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices

The lying in state of a body (prothesis) attended by family members, with the women ritually tearing their hair, depicted on a terracotta pinax by the Gela Painter, latter 6th century BC

Ancient Greek funerary practices are attested widely in literature, the archaeological record, and in ancient Greek art. Finds associated with burials are an important source for ancient Greek culture, though Greek funerals are not as well documented as those of the ancient Romans.[1]

  1. ^ Peter Toohey, "Death and Burial in the Ancient World," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome (Oxford University Press, 2010), vol. 1, p. 364.

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