dromos

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dromos

(ˈdrɒmɒs)
n
an entrance or passageway to a building or temple
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171) In this regard the frequent appearance of smashed drinking vessels, primarily kylikes and angular bowls, in the dromoi of chamber tombs should be considered; such an activity may have been part of a mourning feast or represent a more restricted ritual marking the final separation of the deceased.
A survey of evidence for feasting in Mycenaean Society
77) Furthermore, the little Mycenaean evidence that can be considered reliable as an indication of communal rites practiced near tombs comes from inside single funerary complexes and tombs, that is, in the dromoi and near the stomia of the tholoi and inside the tumuli and funerary enclosures.
Aegean feasting: a Minoan perspective

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