古代希腊的丧葬礼仪（Funeral rites in ancient Greece）.docVIP

古代希腊的丧葬礼仪（Funeral rites in ancient Greece） Funeral rites in ancient Greece Source: Institute of world history, Wuhan University Death means the end of life. Burial, or burial, is the arrangement of the remains of the deceased. Like the birth of life, human attitudes and attitudes towards death also reflect the way of dealing with life, and the funeral etiquette formed by this is the intuitive expression of this idea. Funeral ceremony is not only the placement of peoples own body, but also reflects the culture, religion and world outlook of a society and a nation. Especially in ancient times, funeral rites were used as a means of confirming traditions and keeping lineage in groups such as family, religion and state. This paper discusses the ancient Greek funeral rites, explore the ancient Greeks from another angle by means of the concept of life and see only a small part of the religion and its reasons. I. funeral ceremony The ancient Greeks will bury the sacred duty of the dead as their relatives and can not shirk its obligations, is pious, is a symbol of compliance zuxun. The emergence of graves stems from the need for ancestor worship. Mino began building called Tao Le, in the early stage of cultural development (Tholos) the burial tomb dome. In the Bronze Age palace of the old times, the original popular clan collective burial is not popular, to be replaced by single tombs, funerary objects mainly for daily necessities and private seal etc.. At this time the Royal luxury tomb has been found. In the new period of the palace, pottery burial tomb is very popular, some pottery coffin quite exquisite, is the festival scene picture wall decoration, funerary objects have gold and silver jewelry etc.. Connor Soss tomb is the tomb of Crete during this period, the most characteristic, showing the noble and luxury grand funeral of minos. It is located in the southern part of Connor Sos palace, built with large stone blocks. The courtyard, cylindrical hall, Shen Tang, the ro