funeral practices (kedeia)

Question 1

who are the brothers death and sleep?

Answer 1

Thanatos, Hypnos

Question 2

aspects of a Greek funeral
(4)

Answer 2

1 preparation of the body
2 the funerary procession
3 burial of the body
4 festivals for the dead and ancestors

Question 3

how do they prepare the body?

Answer 3

lay the body on a bier
close the eyes and mouth
wash, perfume (miasma- smell of death), cover in white shroud
put coin (obol) in mouth
crown put on head

Question 4

what was the job of mourners?

Answer 4

lamentation of the body
cut their hair
dressed in black
head female at the front
wailed tore at their hair, faces and arms

Question 5

what holds the perfume?

Answer 5

lekythos

Question 6

procession
Greek word
explain

Answer 6

ekphora
took place on the third day (before dawn)
pulled by waggon or pall-bearers
procession included mourners and musicians (aulos players)

Question 7

burial of the body

Answer 7

kerameikos district is the main burial area (ceramic district)
depending on wealth a stele would be erected

Question 8

cremation

Answer 8

a pyre is built and body laid on top
lit on fire
ash and bones put into an urn
urn placed in shrine or grave
pour libations (oil or wine) over the grave