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GCSE Classics · key term
The laying out of a dead person's body at home in ancient Greece so that family and friends could mourn and pay their respects.
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Revise: Greek Funerary Rituals: The Prothesis and EkphoraThe two named stages to distinguish are the prothesis, the laying out, and the ekphora, the funeral procession.
The laying out and display of a deceased person's body before burial in ancient Greek funeral rites.
Distinguish the prothesis, when the body was laid out at home, from the ekphora, when it was taken to the burial ground.
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