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{{short description|Ceremony for a person who has died}}
{{hatnote|For other uses, see [[Funeral (disambiguation)]]. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see [[Funeral Rites (novel)]], the novel [[Burial Rites]], [[Burial Service (disambiguation)]], the film [[Death Rite]], the album [[Death Rituals]], the play [[Celebration of Life]].}}
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The ancient Greek funeral since the [[Homer]]ic era included the ''próthesis'' (πρόθεσις), the ''ekphorá'' (ἐκφορά), the burial and the ''perídeipnon'' (περίδειπνον). In most cases, this process is followed faithfully in Greece until today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ims.forth.gr/joint_projects/e-mem/burial_customs-gr.htm#archaic|title=IMS-FORTH: About IMS|website=www.ims.forth.gr
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''Próthesis'' is the deposition of the body of the deceased on the funereal bed and the threnody of his relatives. Today the body is placed in the casket, that is always open in Greek funerals. This part takes place in the house where the deceased had lived. An important part of the Greek tradition is the ''epicedium'', the mournful songs that are sung by the family of the deceased along with professional mourners (who are extinct in the modern era). T(contracted; show full)
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