The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 344
eworship of Adonis. Nevertheless, belief in immortality was not in Greece anymore than it is with us strong enough to assuage the sting ofDeath or to enable the Greeks to dispense with the formalitiesof funerals. The Athenians practised the usual rites ofmourning with professional musicians and… … BttgUth PhoH Co.. A thins Plate 59. THE MOURNING ATHENA(See pp. 160 and 192) [A 190 THE GRAND CENTURYDeath. Solons old laws attempt to limit funeral displays. TheSpartan system was very rigorous on the point, and there thewomen were held in such discipline that the death of a warrioron the field of…
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