Troy

[scotto]

I just finished watching the movie “TROY” staring Brad Pitt. What a good movie. But I have a question, what was the reason for placing coins over the eyes of the dead? I know this was done to President Lincoln when he died.
scotto

[Woodmonkey]

Tradition and religious beliefs, scotto.

The ferryman Charon carries the souls of the dead across the River Styx to the Underworld in his black boat. His fee for portage was either one obol, which was placed in the corpse's mouth, or coins placed on the eyes of the dead. Those who had not been given burial rites could not enter Charon's boat until they had wandered over the earth for 100 years.

http://www.vroma.org/~araia/charon.html

For anyone who thinks coins aren’t particularly spooky, consider this: It is a custom in some cultures to place coins on the eyelids of the dead to keep their eyes closed. Some believe that, if the eyes of the dead remain open, we would see our own death captured in their eyes.

Ancient Greeks believed coins are to be placed on the eyes of the dead as payment to Charon, the boatman on the river Styx, for ferrying the dead to the other side. For this service, he was paid a fee that was placed in the mouth of the deceased.

http://www.article-emporium.com/family-752.htm

[scotto]

Originally Posted by Woodmonkey

Tradition and religious beliefs, scotto.

I've alwayd wonderd about that Vary intresting thanks
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[Hannibal]

I loved that movie!! I kept wishing the good guys would win. Probably why I would suck at being a movie maker

[Woodmonkey]

Originally Posted by Hannibal

I kept wishing the good guys would win. Probably why I would suck at being a movie maker

You and me both.

[scotto]

The only thing that I didn’t like is that the last 15 minuets of the film seemed rushed and that it ended to quickly. I was hoping the film would involve more about the Trojan horse. This could have been made into a 3 hour or longer movie. I believe I saw some were, maybe the History Channel that the actual taking of the city of Troy took the Greeks over 10 years.
-scotto

[kepiblanc]

Ancient Greeks believed coins are to be placed on the eyes of the dead as payment to Charon, the boatman on the river Styx, for ferrying the dead to the other side. For this service, he was paid a fee that was placed in the mouth of the deceased.

I KNOW THIS MEANING.

For anyone who thinks coins aren’t particularly spooky, consider this: It is a custom in some cultures to place coins on the eyelids of the dead to keep their eyes closed. Some believe that, if the eyes of the dead remain open, we would see our own death captured in their eyes.

THIS NO.A LITTLE TENEBROUS ...BUT I LIKE IT .
NICE MOVIE.A NON MYTHOLOGICAL VISION OF THE HOMERO WORKS.SHOWING THE BASENESSES AND THE VIRTUES OF THE HUMAN BEINGS.10 PINTS TO THE MOVIE,10 POINTS TO BRAD PITT AND ERIC BANA(SCALE1/10)500 POINTS TO HELENA*

*SAME SCALE()