Ancient Greek Traditions By Maddie McGowan, Mike Gutman, Hayley Armstrong, and Leah Buchman

Funeral Traditions Laying the body out for display Conducting funeral ceremony at grave site During burial: terracotta vessels with food and drink were placed in the tomb next to the corpse or the urn Animal sacrifices

Burial Rituals Elaborate tombs. Underground chambers, raised mounds, and masonry-built tombs during the Archaic period Believed that you should bury the dead according to “time honored” rituals Women conducted burial rituals Steps: laying out of the body, funeral procession, dressed Few objects were placed in the grave, but statues were erected to mark the graves to insure they were not forgotten

Afterlife Golden jewels were essential for respectable and honored tombs  used to display wealth and status The wealthier, the more elaborate resting place If you weren’t buried properly, you are stuck between worlds, until you go into the underworld

Festivals Origins of theater came from Dionysus An Athenian tyrant’s ways led to the performance of tragedies Once tragedy became popular, comedy and satyr plays came about. Plays were written, and 3 playwrights would compete. Comedies and tragedies Dedicated to Dionysus

QUESTIONS Who were the plays dedicated to? What did the Greeks believe would happen if one was not buried properly? How was wealth shown in death?

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