greece

• what was prothesis

  when the body would be laid out for two days to recieve mourners
• ekphora

  the funeral procession
• kerameikos

  the main burial ground outside the city
• what were stele

  stone slabs with carvings on them
• anthesteria

  a greek festical to dionysus and the dead held over 3 days in late january or early february
• genesia

  a festival to honour the dead ancestors and celebrated in late september