The destiny of the dead

Abstract EN

This subject explores the attitudes about burying the deceased that were common in Attica and throughout Greece during the eighth and fourth centuries BC.

homer's epic poetry, archeological findings, vase paintings, and the works of later historians, philosophers, and other notable individuals are among the materials that were studied.

this paper shed light on the destiny of the dead in ancient Greece and the morals of the tyrants in using the dead people to reach to their goals 1.

as according to Herodotus he mentioned that the dead people aimed to have a luxury ending similar to their true life with all its features.

the Greeks considered the dead person is an important part from their lives not neglected or a forgotten part.

the subject it sounded to be normal but in limits, as any fault from the living person in the dead sake, the fault will be a civic worry.

according to the ancient thought the relation between the living and the dead should be respected and framed, as the living needed the help of the dead in solving and revealing secrets, and the dead needed a good burials suitable to their ex life.

the ancient Greeks believed much in their fictional stories and myths, as they believed that the man after death will live another life according to his belief, but the after life in ancient Greece was not only divided into two places but also there was an extra place would be occupied according to the actions and believes of the humans.