Epitaphios (ancient)
Epitaphios ( ancient Greek Ἐπιτάφιος ) refers to the grave epigram on the one hand, and the solemn burial ritual, on the other hand, which dates back to the archaic times, the essential components of which were epitaphios agon ( Ἐπιτάφιος ἀγών "funeral games") and epitaphios πος logos ( Ἐππος ).
There are already references to funeral games in Homer . Public funeral ceremonies with competitions are occupied for Athens and Sparta .
literature
- Franca Ela Consolino: funeral speech. In: Real Lexicon for Antiquity and Christianity . Volume 22, Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7772-0825-1 , Sp. 1133–1166, here: 1133–1146
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Nicole Loraux : L'Invention d'Athènes. Histoire de l'oraison funèbre dans la cité classique. Ed. de L'EHESS, Paris 1981.
- English translation: The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration in the Classical City. Cambridge, MA 1986.
- Emmet Robbins: Epitaphios. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , Sp. 1174.
- Elfriede Hagenbichler: Epitaph. In: Gert Ueding (Hrsg.): Historical dictionary of rhetoric . Vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-484-68102-0 , Sp. 1306-1312.