GRST 205 Lecture 4: April 7th notes

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Lindsay Gayle Driediger- Murphy

Document Summary

Spreads throughout mediterranean world, lasting through middle ages and into current day. But now no more sacrifices are needed because. Changed greek and roman culture in several ways: new attitudes towards death and afterlife, greeks and romans thought you didn"t really exist after death, you just floated around. God after death: we can see these changes in funerary monuments: (2 funerary inscriptions) Non-christian roman funerary monument reads: to the divine shades [and] to julia galbina, who lived 45 years. Justus [made this] for his most pious (means devoted to religion) wife. Early christian funerary inscription reads: maximinus in/with. Inscription is saying that he is with christ now: the non christian roman inscription gives a much more detailed description. It doesn"t mean they are more religious, it just means they had different ideas about death. Absorbed and preserved elements of greek and roman culture. (ex.