ε2053Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι
to carry a spear at the funeral and to make an announcement at the memorial
These words are applied to a case of violent death. And Istros in the Collection of Attic Histories says: "some maintain that Erechtheus planted a spear in the tomb, indicating his suffering, because of its being…
Ἐπενεγκεῖν δόρυ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκφορᾷ καὶ προαγορεύειν ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι· ἐπὶ τοῦ βιαίως ἀποθανόντος ταῦτα πράττεται. καὶ Ἴστρος ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τῶν Ἀτθίδων φησί· τινὲς ἐπὶ τοῦ τάφου δόρυ…