hercules-my-shipmate:“I shall always be called Kore because the gods gave me death instead o
hercules-my-shipmate: “I shall always be called Kore because the gods gave me death instead of marriage”. When women died before marriage in Ancient Greece, they were buried in their wedding garments and the laments sung at the funeral would be the same ones the bride’s mother would sing at her wedding. Phrasikleia Kore, c. 550 BC. -- source link
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