A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The following example of an vpyov, which is alsotaken from Stackelberg (pi. 1) will give a generalidea of monuments of this kind. Another fjpqiovis given in the course of this article (p. 558, a.).. The inscriptions upon these funeral monumentsusually contain the name of the deceased person,and that of the demus to which he belonged, aswell as^ frequently some account of his life. Awork on such monuments, entitled Tlepl written by Diodorus Periegetes. (Plut. ) Orations in praise of the dead were sometimespronounced ; but
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The following example of an vpyov, which is alsotaken from Stackelberg (pi. 1) will give a generalidea of monuments of this kind. Another fjpqiovis given in the course of this article (p. 558, a.).. The inscriptions upon these funeral monumentsusually contain the name of the deceased person,and that of the demus to which he belonged, aswell as^ frequently some account of his life. Awork on such monuments, entitled Tlepl written by Diodorus Periegetes. (Plut. ) Orations in praise of the dead were sometimespronounced ; but Solon ordained that such orationsshould be confined to persons who were honouredwith a public funeral. (Cic. de Leg. ii. 26.) Inthe heroic ages games were celebrated at the fune-ral of a great man, as in the case of Patroclus () ; but this practice does not seem to havebeen usual in the historical times. All persons who had been engaged in funeralswere considered polluted, and could not enter thetemples of the gods till they had been persons who were reported to have died inforeign countries, and whose funeral rites had beenperformed in their own cities, were called vcrTepo-iroTfAOL and SevrepoTroT/jLoi if they wer
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