Greek burial pratices
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The fragment from Aristotele’s work (Fr. 526 Rose3) describing remarkable features of royal burial custom, dating back to the time of Trojan war, has been erroneously attributed to Crete and the Cretan politeia, while there are more... more
This paperwork refers to the three selected funeral inscriptions on the round altars from Carian site Stratoniceia, which represent the indisseverable element on the grave temenos in the Hellenistic period in the specified area.... more
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"Una constante, cuando nos referimos a la mitología griega, consiste en que, a menudo, parece que traspasa la realidad, de manera que ambos mundos, el real y el imaginado, se mezclan. En lo que respecta a las amazonas, existían diversos... more
Keywords: Funerary Marble Vases, Grave Marker, Lekythos, Attic, Hydria Marble vessels of various forms and types had an essential role within the life of ancient people. However, the tedious obtaining process and the long-lasting... more
Cette communication réalisée à l'Université de Fribourg lors d'une journée d'études organisée par Véronique Dasen en avril 2012 proposait de dresser une typologie des sépultures d'enfants en bas âge utilisées dans le monde grec. Deux... more
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Diachronic approach from the Bronze and early Iron Age down to the 5./6.th century AD
The International Fair of Thessaloniki and Antiquities: A Relationship with a Past and a Future.
English summary at the end of the text (p. 225).
English summary at the end of the text (p. 225).
There is a certain fascination with funerary customs, burial practices, and grave goods from antiquity: not only do they provide valuable information for archaeologists about the material culture of the past, but the treatment of the... more
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Περιοδικό Corpus, 41, Αύγουστος 2002: Η ΤΑΦΗ ΤΟΥ ‘’ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΚΥΡΑΣ" ΚΑΙ Η ΑΝΑΣΥΝΘΕΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟΥ ΔΙΣΤΟΜΟΥ. Παρουσιάζεται η διαδικασία της έκθεσης-αναπαράστασης της ταφής της εποχής των Μηδικών,... more
Polemikà. Identity in context in verse epitaphs for Hellenistic soldiers.
The book collects the results of a decade of studies on Hellenistic military epitaphs.
The book collects the results of a decade of studies on Hellenistic military epitaphs.
Presentation of talk held at “Colofone, città della Ionia”, Salerno, 20.04.2017
https://publications.dainst.org/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/2352/6960 A marble sarcophagus from Apollonia can be considered for typological reasons as a product from Paros dated to the 5th century B.C. Petrographical analyses... more
L'objectif de cette présentation est de mettre en perspective les structures symboliques de certaines pratiques funéraires en Grèce ancienne, fantasmées comme les funérailles de Patrocle dans l’épopée homérique, aussi bien que réelles... more
Unpublished report on the 2014 survey of the North and North-East necropoleis of the city of Colophon (Part of the Mimar Sinan / University of Vienna Colophon Project, Dir. Prof. Chr. Bruns-Özgan and Prof. U. Muss). 35 pages Documenting... more
During the excavation of burials in the Athenian Kerameikos Necropolis, a significant number of lead tablets and lead dolls haven been found. They are inscribed with curses aganist enemies of various kinds: rivals in love and business,... more
Ancient philosophers took an early interest in fetal development as they sought to determine the main stages during which the unborn child gradually acquires abilities that will make him a complete human being. The profusion of texts on... more