Epitaph
Tombstones Highlight Medieval Civilisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
"If you see a sword and a shield, that means that person was in the military," Andrea Markovic, who works at the institution that looks after the Radimlja necropolis, told BIRN.
"A bow and arrow meant that the person was an experienced hunter," Markovic added.
Ekin Bernay to perform at V&A Museum
Turkey's international performance art platform Performistanbul's artist Ekin Bernay will stage her new 33-minute performance, titled 'Atlas,' at the Raphael Court of the V&A Museum within the scope of the Friday Late on Nov 26.
The performance has been inspired by the composition of Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest surviving musical composition.
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Attic Epitaphs | Online | June 8
The British School at Athens presents a virtual lecture with Dr Carrie Sawtell (BSA, Macmillan-Rodewald Student), on the use of the epithet χρηστὸς / χρηστή when used in 4th century BC Attic epitaphs to denote the servile status of the deceased in the broader context of master-slave relationships. The lecture will take place on June 8 at 8 p.m. local time on Zoom.
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The adopted Greek children of the Cold War
April 26, 2019, Good Friday. Pantanassa Church in the town of Patra, in the northern Peloponnese, is full of devotees waiting for the procession of the flower-decked Epitaphios to begin. Father Konstantinos Papadopoulos approaches the microphone and makes an unusual plea to the faithful.
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