Κατεύθυνση Ιστορία του Δικαίου
Library of the School of Law

2023-01-18

2023

Kougioumtzoglou Angeliki

Ανδρέας Χέλμης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας του Δικαίου, Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών

Ο επιτάφιος λόγος στην κλασική Αθήνα, ταφικές πρακτικές και ιδεολογία

Greek

The epitaph oration in classical Athens, funerary practices and ideology

In ancient Athens, the term epitaph orations was used to refer exclusively to the speeches delivered by a prominent orator of the time in order to honour the fallen of war for the homeland in the wider context of the ritual burial. Nowadays, research and studies have led to the conclusion that five epitaphs have survived. Following the chronological order we refer to the following: the Epitaph of Pericles (431 BC), the Epitaph of Lysias (392 BC), the Epitaph of Plato (386 BC), the Epitaph of Demosthenes (338 BC) and finally the Epitaph of Hyperides (323 BC). The aim of the present thesis is to describe the structural and essential elements of each of the epitaphic speeches while extracting useful information about the funerary procedures and the ideological beliefs of the Athenians at that time.

Law and Legislation

History of Law

Epitaph speech, dead of war, autochthony, public burial, Athenian Democracy

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