DOIAbstract
Although in the Greek world cremation is less frequent as a funeral ritual than inhumation, it nevertheless has a revival during the Vth century. In Italy and in Sicily we can see that the cinerary urn from the middle of the Vlth century is very often a prime krater, laconian first then attic and finally italiot or siciliot. This ritual seems to have been reserved for a happy few and expresses through the choice of the scenery a loose hope for a glorious life beyond the grave. In Andalucía, similar vases are used on a similar basis and one may ask oneself about the reasons of this parallelism.Si es verdad que en el mundo griego la cremación es un rito funerario menos frecuente que la inhumación, esa conoce sin embargo, en el siglo V a C, un...
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