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Death In Acient Greece
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Why did Greeks place coins on the eyes of the dead?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Wasn't it to do with the ferry man who took the body across the River Styx?
Charon was son of Erebus and Nyx (Night). It was his duty to ferry over the Styx (or Acheron) those souls of the deceased who had duly received the rites of burial, in payment for which service he received an obol (a coin), which was usually placed in the mouth of the corpse.
It could just be that the people with the body did.nt want to have a corpse gazing at them.
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