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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111 The Spartan Hegemony
110 Xenophon and "The Ten Thousand"
109 Sokrates
108 The Thirty Tyrants
107 Sparta Triumphant
106 Frustrations and Poor Decisions (Part II)
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***Special Guest Episode on Race, Antiquity, and Its Legacy w/Denise McCoskey***
105 Carthage Enters the War
104 The Democratic Empire Strikes Back
***Special Guest Episode on Greek Naval Warfare w/Marc DeSantis***
103 An Oligarchic Coup
102 Livin' on a (Persian) Prayer
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***Special Guest Episode on Greek Land Warfare w/Owen Rees***
101 Disaster in Sicily
100 A Sicilian Stalemate
099 Frustrations and Poor Decisions
098 The Peace Unravels
***Special Guest Episode on Mesopotamian Medicine w/Moudhy Al-Rashid***
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