Definition of Sarcophagus. Meaning of Sarcophagus. Synonyms of Sarcophagus

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Definition of Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus Sar*coph"a*gus, n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi, E. Sarcophaguses. [L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos, properly, eating flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf. Sarcasm.] 1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. --Holland. 2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin. 3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.

Meaning of Sarcophagus from wikipedia

- A sarcophagus (pl.: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displa**** above ground, though it may also be...
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- up sarcophagus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sarcophagus is a funeral receptacle for a corpse. Sarcophagus may also refer to: "Sarcophagus" (The...
- The Ship Sarcophagus, also known as the Sarcophagus au Navire, is a Roman era sarcophagus found by Georges Contenau in 1913 in Magharet Abloun, a necropolis...
- The Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Italian: Sarco****o degli Sposi) is a tomb effigy considered one of the masterpieces of Etruscan art. The Etruscans lived...
- The Alexander Sarcophagus is a late 4th century BC ****enistic stone sarcophagus from the Royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, Lebanon. It is adorned with...
- The Proserpina sarcophagus is a Roman marble sarcophagus from the first quarter of the third century AD, in which Charlemagne was probably interred on...
- The Amathus sarcophagus is a Cypriot sarcophagus that likely held a king of Amathus. Its sides show procession scenes and typify Cypriot, Gr**** and Phoenician-Near...
- 20,000. Although mythological scenes have been quite widely studied, sarcophagus relief has been called the "richest single source of Roman iconography...
- known in po****r culture for his depiction on the carved lid of his sarcophagus, which has become the subject of pseudoarchaeological speculations. Pakal's...