Across
- 2. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
- 4. The funeral procession in ancient Greece
- 6. A social club set up to support the less wealthy members of Roman society
- 7. During the preparation of the body in the Greek world, the deceased would be laid out for two days to receive mourners
- 9. An area of Athens which included the main burial ground outside the city
- 10. This was made by placing wax on the deceased face to take their image. When it was dry it was taken off and sorted in the family shrine
Down
- 1. A stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture and inscriptions
- 3. Meaning the deified ancestors, these were the spirits of the dead in the Roman world
- 5. A funeral mound made of wood on which to cremate a body
- 8. Stone slabs, often with patterns or images carved on them, most commonly used as tombstones
