1. Archaic Funerary monument
By: Jason Godin

2. Archaic funerary monuments
Grave markers in the Archaic period.
Who would get these funerary monuments?
Who would build these funerary monuments?
Where would these funerary monuments be built?
“Immortality lay in the continued remembrance of the dead by the living”.

3. Anavysos Kouros
- Athens, national museum, Anavysos Kourus, from Anavysos, 530 Bc (Parian marble) height 1.94 m. - Inscription on base: “Stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos, whom raging Ares destroyed one day, fighting in the foremost ranks”. (trans. A.F. Stewart) - The Anavysos Kouros is not a portrait or likeness of the individual Kroisis but a type meant to signify Kroisis. - Features of the Anavysos Kouros.

4. Aristion (marble grave stele)
- The marble grave stele of Aristion, work of Aristokles, found at Velanideza, Attica, (Pentelic marble) ca. 510 Bc. - Grave stele of a hoplite warrior. - Base of the stele is inscribed on Front side. - Less extravagant funerary monument (not as expensive as the Anavysos Kouros).

5. Phrasikleia funerary monument
- Phrasikleia, Marenda (Attica), Paros marble,
ca Bc.
- Only female funerary statue that is used as
a grave marker.
Inscription on the base: “Grave marker for
Phrasikleia, I will ever be called maiden/kore”
- Features of Phrasikleia monument.
- Reference to the myth of Persephone &
Kore.
- Extremely expensive and luxurious decorated

6. Funerary monument for an Athlete
- Boston, museum of fine arts, “funerary
Monument for an athlete”, from Boiotia,
Greece. Ca. 550 Bc (Marble from Mt.
Pentelikon)
- Wears an olive wreath with fruit and leaves
and he holds up two pomegranates, indicates
an Olympic athlete.
- Features of the monument.
- Inscription of the first two letters of his name: ‘Tho’

7. The Persian invasion
The Persian invasion soon after 500 Bc … and its repercussions.
Shift to public memorials

8. Bibliography
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Kosmopoulou, Angeliki. The Iconography Of Sculptured statue Bases In The Archaic And Classical Periods. Madison, Wisconsin.: The University of Wisconsin press, 2002.
Whitley, James. The Archaeology Of Ancient Greece. New York, The United States Of America.: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Garland, Robert The Greek Way Of Death. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1985.
Pomeroy, Sarah B., et al. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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