May you learn how much you have lost in us

May you learn how much you have lost in us, so that you may behave yourself better towards all others. Plato. Letter 1.310b.

Image: Black-figured terracotta pinakes depicting a "prothesis," the lying-in-state of the deceased on a bed, surrounded by his family members, some of whom tear their hair in mourning, Greek, 2nd half 6th century BCE at the Walters Art Museum.

Note: "Pinakes" (singular "pinax") are decorated plaques made usually of terracotta, but also of wood, ivory, stone, or metal, which were often dedicated as offerings in sanctuaries. The holes were used to hang them within the sanctuary on walls, trees, or even on the cult image of the deity. The terracotta examples were produced by the same pottery workshops that made vases. The term also applies to painted pictures with painted frames that appear on Pompeiian Fourth Style decorated walls.