Classical Studies 3905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Stele, Cenotaph, Kerameikos

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3905
• Professor: David Wilson

Document Summary

In 317 bce private grave markers were again banned in the city: this mean they all date between 400 and 317 bce. Inscribed is his name, his father"s name and deme. Ilisos stele: may have been a cenotaph or an actual grave marker, maybe set up by a father for his son, found in the stream near the kerameikos. Idealized hunter shown heroically nude: holding a club used in hare hunts, very anti-democratic social practice, sitting on a grave stele at a grave site, may be private or public in the demosion sema. Grave markers: sculpted in marble, multiple ones could be placed on the same burial ground, a wall of marble or granite would be used to mark the grave site, the four corners were carved marble lions or sphinx. Inscription on the top would have the name: her name, the name of her father, her father"s home village, used for the matriarch of the family, lekythos, loutrophoros.