Die Masken Aus Der Nekropole Von Lipari~

The large numbers of clay masks from the 4th and early 3rd Century BC found in the cemetery at Lipari represent an important local feature. In their form they are based on theatrical masks from the same period and thus provide an insight into ancient theater. As a part of the funerary ritual their function is clearly different: it appears that they belonged - together with symposium dishes - to a dead victim and were meant to serve the deceased in the afterlife during a drinking party in honor of Dionysus. German text.