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Meaning of arpofago




Felipe Lorenzo del Río

arpofago
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arpofago is incorrectly written, and should be written as "sarcophagus" being its meaning: It is a grave to contain at least one corpse, built in wood or stone-rimmed more or less according to the socioeconomic status of the deceased. The word comes from the Greek ( sarks sarkós: meat and phagomai: eating ): " the dining room of meat ".Among the wealthy Greeks it was the custom to bury the dead in sarcophagi of limestone which react chemically with the dead meat making it disappear more quickly. Anyway later or more early always disappeared.

  



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