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GCSE Classics · key term
Religious uncleanness associated with contact with death, addressed through purification rather than simply ordinary cleaning.
Used by OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Greek Funerary Rituals: The Prothesis and EkphoraReligious beliefs also shaped the treatment of the body: death was associated with pollution, and the dead person was believed to face a journey to the Underworld.
Support explanations with specific actions: for example, the water outside the home addressed pollution, while the coin was payment to Charon.
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