Highlight- Ancient Greeks

Question 1

Who were responsible for cremation as we know it?

Answer 1

Ancient Greeks

Question 2

Why did Ancient Greeks fear death?

Answer 2

It was seen as evil or bad.

Question 3

Who was the cult god?

Answer 3

Dionysius

Question 4

Where would the soul go and who would judge it?

Answer 4

Elysian Fields and Dionysius

Question 5

City of the dead

Answer 5

Necropolis

Question 6

Self-inflicted cremation

Answer 6

Suttee

Question 7

Shaft

Answer 7

stelae

Question 8

Square-cut tombs

Answer 8

Trapazae

Question 9

Columns

Answer 9

Kiones

Question 10

Temple-like structures

Answer 10

Naidia

Question 11

When were funeral feasts originated and what happened during that time

Answer 11

During Ancient Greeks time and people would fast from time of death and then eat again after burial

Question 12

Separation of the soul from the body and its ascent into an eternal and immortal after

Answer 12

Greek conception of the afterlife

Question 13

Customary to give the dead a

Answer 13

fitting burial

Question 14

against the law to neglect the dead resulted in

Answer 14

disqualification from office

Question 15

obol means and where was it placed

Answer 15

coin and placed into the dead mans mouth; without the coin, unlucky shade was doomed to wander 100 years along the shores

Question 16

Who prepared the body for burial?

Answer 16

the family

Question 17

who performed the washing of the body with warm water because it was thought that those only “apparently dead” would be revived in the process

Answer 17

the female nok

Question 18

who laid out and dressed the corpse which was a sacred duty

Answer 18

entrusted in female relatives

Question 19

Body was anointed with oils, perfumes and spices, in keeping with the belief of the shadowy afterlife of the disembodied soul but no attempt at

Answer 19

embalming

Question 20

3 kinds of robes could be used during dressing

Answer 20

1. covering of the funeral bed
2. garment the deceased wore
3. the outer covering

Question 21

Who is cerberus

Answer 21

3 headed guardian of the entrance to hades

Question 22

What color did the deceased wear?

Answer 22

white

Question 23

what color did the muring wear?

Answer 23

dark subdued colors

Question 24

how long did the decease lay out?

Answer 24

1 day

Question 25

What was the meaning behind friends and family viewing the deceased?

Answer 25

it was a practice that partly served to guarantee death had actually occurred and the corpse might not have suffered violence.

Question 26

what started in Greece around 1000b.c

Answer 26

cremation of the dead

Question 27

What was the belief in the power of the Flame for cremation

Answer 27

to set the soul free

Question 28

What kind of coffins were used during early greek history

Answer 28

wood, stone and baked clay

Question 29

4 major groups of tombs

Answer 29

1. Stelae
2. Kiones
3. Trapezae
4. Naidia