Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Description
The epitaphs of Pisidia and the Kibyratis dating to the Roman era include a multitude of terms that refer to the tombs and monuments upon which they were written. These include factual terms, such as ὀστοθήκη (a receptacle for bones) or σωματοθήκη (sarcophagus, a receptacle for bodies), but there are also those that refer to the tomb as an 'eternal house' or those that speak of a 'paradise' that surrounds it, for example. In this talk, I provide an overview of the rich vocabulary present in these epitaphs and suggest that a closer examination of this terminology can bring us closer to understanding how the ancients conceptualized their space of death.