Title: Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age /
Authors: Mirto, Maria Serena.; Osborne, A. M.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Greece.; Death in literature.; Greece Social life and customs
Contents: Life after death in popular belief. The Psyche -- Hades -- Elysium -- The gods in Hades and guides on the voyage to the underworld -- A revolution of hope. Eleusinian mysteries -- Dionysian initiations -- The Bacchic gold tablets, Pindar, and other "orphic" evidence -- Pythagorean eschatology and the Derveni papyrus -- The soul/body opposition from Pindar to Plato -- The long farewell. Death and contamination -- Mourning ceremonies -- Cremation, inhumation, and the final rites -- The final resting place and a new bond. Stelae, monuments, and epitaphs -- Tomb cult and hero cult -- Making good use of death. Heroic death in battle -- The Polis and funerary ideology -- Legislation and funerary regulations.