CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 27: Lecture 27 - Nov 18
2 Dec 2016
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Principle cemetery or necropolis of the city of athens. This area was actually outside of the walls, they believed that dead bodies polluted. Stelai : vertically oriented stone slabs, flat on one or both sides, often featuring. Greeks were inherently competitive, graves grew in scale and proportion. Aristocratic burials grew in scale and sophistication. Served as reminder that the deceased individual was wealthy and powerful. Burial inside built-up tumuli , sometime with worked retaining walls. Grave goods are provided with deposition, tumulous built up above it. Monumental burial markers - stelai with low relief sculpture, finials (on top) Stelai with low relief sculpture of a sphinx. Seems that a democratic ethos caused the city to do away with ostentatious. 500-480 bc: monumental burials disappear; democratic ethos? markers. New form of gov radically changing tradition. End of the 6th century athenians passed laws preventing these kinds of displays, cap on how much you can spend on these displays.
