09-20-2009, 05:22 AM
Quote:The corpse was usually carried out of the house (efferebatur) on the eighth day after death (Serv. ad Virg. Aen. V.64).
That really surprises me, actually. I had expected it to happen much sooner than this.
David J. Cord
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