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Greek Mythology and Religion

The Greek Way of Death

by Robert Garland

A concise study of Greek ideas and customs concerning death, from the deathbed and funeral to the cult of the dead and beliefs about the afterlife. Garland draws on literature, inscriptions and archaeology, chiefly from Athens.

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