Why did they puts coins on dead person's eyes?

Answer 1

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In the old days they used to put coins on the eyes of the dead to pay Charon to take them across the river Styx in the afterlife to Hades.

Coins were put on the deceased's eyes in order to keep them from opening.

Placing coins on the eyes of the dead is an ancient Greek burial practice. The coins were payment for the passage of the soul into the Underworld. The souls had to pay Charon the ferryman for passage across the river Styx, which would lead them to the Underworld.

Answer 2

In ancient Greek and Roman cultures, placing coins on the eyes of the deceased was a symbol of payment to Charon, the ferryman who transported souls across the river Styx to the afterlife. It was believed that the coins ensured safe passage to the underworld.