Senior Project Advisor
Tristan Goldman
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Fall 2022
Keywords
Athens, Kerameikos, Death practices, Greece, Mourning
Abstract
This literature review is an examination of the Kerameikos district of ancient Athens as a center of life reconciling with death in the Panathenaic tradition. All at once a graveyard, ceramics district, and crossroads, the Kerameikos was a site of community; the domestic aspect of this public space directs a lens of how Athenians processed death communally. Stele from the site offer fascinating insight on Athenian female renown in antiquity; the site acted as the processional origin towards the Eleusinian Mysteries, honoring the relationship between death and life.
Department
Honors
Recommended Citation
Yarbrough, Allison Rebecca, "Kerameikos: Death, Life, and the Vessel" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 629.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/629
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Death--Social aspects--Greece--Athens; Panathenaia--Greece--Athens--History; Cemeteries--Greece--Athens; Eleusinian mysteries; Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)--Social life and customs
Geographic Coverage
Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)
Genre/Form
critical comment; essays
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf