CHAPTER I.

Duty of Burial: Burial of an enemy—Duty toward parents.

CHAPTER II.

Burials Extraordinary: Burial of criminals—Of suicides—Of traitors—Of those struck by lightning—Special ceremonies for violent deaths—For persons drowned.

CHAPTER III.

Preparation for Burial: Former features—Reforms—The passage money—The bath—The unguents—The wreaths—The honey-cake—The garments.

CHAPTER IV.

The Lying in State (Prothesis): When this took place—Regulations of Ceos—The women who took part—The scarf, the fan, and the bird—The place—The position of the corpse—The kline—The lecyths—The ardanion—Two purposes of the prothesis.

CHAPTER V.

Outward Grief: By whom rendered—Only a form—Excesses—Laws against excess—Their result.

CHAPTER VI.

The Procession, (ekphora): Third day the set time—Exceptions to set time—Hour of the day—The kline—Who carried the bier—The dirge singers—Who might attend the procession—Military funeral processions.

CHAPTER VII.

Burning or Inhumation? The extreme views—The two methods contemporary—Cremation at every period—Burial also existed—Custom at Sparta and Sicyon—Comparison with modern methods—Details of cremation—Place of cremation.

CHAPTER VIII.

The Coffins: Early coffins—Those of stone—Of cypress—Shape and decorations.

CHAPTER IX.

The Tombs: The varieties—Heaps of earth—The stÊlÆ—Decorations—The kion—The trapezae—The herÔum—Early entombments—Later cost and regulations against it—Inscriptions on the tombs—Epitaphs to children—Trinkets placed in the tomb—The public cemetery—Tombs of the richer class—Burials outside of the city—The motive—Laws at Sparta and other States.

CHAPTER X.

The Funeral Feast (Perideipnon): Its purpose—The host—The place—Praise of deceased’s virtues—Consecration of fragments.

CHAPTER XI.

Sacrifices at the Grave: Performed by relatives—The two varieties—Increase in expense—The trita—The ennata—The sacrifices of the Argives—Of the Spartans—When mourning ceased—The basket—Other utensils—What was employed for sacrifices—Women performed sacrifices—Grief less noticeable than at prothesis—Customs at the tomb—General attention to the graves.

CHAPTER XII.

Further Ceremonies: The genesia—The nekysia—Funeral games—Duty of visiting the grave—General conduct of a mourner—Black garments and polling of the head—Custom at Sparta—Conclusion.