ocr classical civilsation gcse weddings and funerals

cum manu

with hand. wife legally transferred to her husband’s family.

sine manu

without hand. each year the wife would have to move out of the house for three consecutive days.

coemptio

cum manu. paterfamilias to place a coin in a set of banking scales to symbolise her dowry.

confarreatio

cum manu. patrician people. pontifex maximus and pronuba present. salt cakes made by vestal virgins.

usus

declared they were married in front of witnesses. could be cum manu or sine manu.

first day. athenian funeral.

direct relatives/women over 60. household of the deceased. wash the body, dress wounds, anoint with perfume,garlanded with flowers, coin in mouth.

second day funeral

wake in the house. freinds and relatives of the deceased.

third day funeral

carried in procession (ekphora). body burie. biations pored and often an animal sacrifice. procession from house to burial feast.