This type of event is called a “three-act drama” in a 1985 book by classicist Robert Garland, who studied Greek laws governing them. Men called klīmako·phóroi (“KLEE-muh-koh-FOH-roy”) and tall, thin lekythos vessels painted in white-ground style were most commonly seen at these events, whose components included an ekphorá, a próthesis, and often a perídeipnon meal. A westerly street in the potters’ district Kerameikos (“kair-uh-mee-KOHSS”) was a popular site for these events. The lesson “custom is king of all” is drawn by Herodotus from a dispute about these events between Greek and Indian envoys at Darius’s court. A heroön (“hee-ROH-on”) might mark the site of one of these events. A golden larnax with a sun emblem was used at one of these events in 336 BC at Vergina to honor Philip II of Macedon. For 10 points, Book II of Thucydides (“thew-SID-uh-deez”) contains Pericles’ “oration” at what sort of event? ■END■
ANSWER: funerals [or burials; or interments; or cremations; or funeral pyres; or tomb installations; accept eating the dead; accept Street of the Tombs; accept Funeral Oration; accept kēdeía; accept any answer indicating disposing of the dead; reject “funeral games”] (The Garland book is The Greek Way of Death. Per Herodotus, the Greeks supported cremation, whereas the envoys from India supported ritually eating the dead.)
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