In this episode, we discuss what life was like for the elderly in ancient Greece, the liminal stage between life and death, the rituals and importance of the funeral and burial, the archaeology of the Kerameikos in Athens and its significance in our understanding of Greek funerary practices, the importance of the demosion sema and epitaphios logos in Athenian democracy, and the evolution of Greek funerary monuments from the archaic into the Hellenistic period

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/08/079-old-age-death-and-burial.html

 

Intro by Dr Foxwede of Foxwede History

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