Funeral Rites

Question 1

What sort of religion are funeral rites considered to be?

Answer 1

Household religion

Question 2

Where must the dead (except infants) be buried?

Answer 2

Outside the city (often along main routes of city)

Question 3

What is and example of the dead being buried outside the city?

Answer 3

The Kerameikos
(Athens)

Question 4

What were the five steps of funeral rites?

Answer 4

1) Laying out the corpse
2) carrying out corpse(noble have wagons)
3) cremation
4) funerary sacrifices and banquets
5) Bones placed in grave or tomb with funerary gifts and marked with stone (stele)

Question 5

What are the key roles for woman in the funerary rites?

Answer 5

1) wash+dress body for viewing
2) Perform a lament wailing and shrill cry, they tear their hair, beat breasts and scratch cheeks

Question 6

What do all the relatives do?

Answer 6

Defile themselves- cut their hair, making hair and face dirty with ash and wearing filthy torn clothing

Question 7

How does the city honour its dead every year?

Answer 7

Graves decorated, offerings made and special food eaten
Libations of broth, milk, honey blood of sacrificed animals,
Also, water poured to contact dead so prayers reach them.

Question 8

What is the duty of caring of the Grave given to?

Answer 8

The descendants