Greek burial customs

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Author(s): Donna C. Kurtz, John Boardman
Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman life
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 1971

Language: English
Commentary: Not a very good scan
Pages: 384
City: Ithaca, N.Y.
Tags: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece;Funeral rites and ceremonies;Greece;Griekse oudheid;Begrafenissen;Riten;Godsdienst;Bestattung;Griechenland (Altertum)

From bronze age to iron age --
pt. 1. Athens and Attica. The end of the bronze age --
The early iron age --
The geometric period --
The archaic period --
The classical period --
Funeral rites --
The Hellenistic period --
pt. 2. The Greek world. The early period --
Everyman's grave --
Rites and offerings --
Grave markers and monuments --
Communal graves and cenotaphs --
Epitaphs --
Decorated sarcophagi --
Monumental tombs, Heroa and Hellenistic Greece --
Colonies and neighbors.