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Multidisciplinary or post-disciplinary research is what is needed when dealing with such complex subjects as ritual behaviour. This research, therefore, combines ethnography with historical sources to examine the relationship between modern Greek death rituals and ancient written and visual sources on the subject of death and gender. The central theme of this work is women's role in connection with the cult of the dead in ancient and modern Greece. The research is based on studies in ancient...

Women and death --- Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Greeks --- Ethnology --- Mediterranean race --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Cremation --- Cryomation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Death and women --- History. --- Social aspects --- Funeral customs and rites. --- Philosophy --- Femmes et mort --- Mort --- Funérailles --- Grecs --- History --- Funeral customs and rites --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires