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Inscriptions: Epigram of Callimachus on an interior wall of the "Auditorium of Maecenas"

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Reference as: MPL00353
Title Epigram of Callimachus on an interior wall of the "Auditorium of Maecenas"
Trismegistos-No.

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Gardens of Maecenas, interior wall of the "Auditorium of Maecenas"
Latitude 41.8939
Longitude 12.5013
Current Location Roma, Antiquarium comunale del Celio
Inventory number 32363
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type wall
Material
State of Preservation fragmentary (non-adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique graffito
Religion Pagan

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Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceCarmen
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function literary quotation
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations


ΕΙΜΕΝΕΚΩ[---]ΥΡΙΑΜΕΜΦ[---]
ΕΙΔ[---]ΑΝΕΑΙ
ΑΚΡΗΤΟΣ[---]ΩΝΟΜΕΝΑΥΤΩ[]
[---]ΕΤΗΑΝΕΑΝ
5[---]ΣΑΛΛΕΦΙΛΗΣΑ
[---]ΑΔΙΚΗΜΑΔΙΚΩΙ

Εἰ μὲν ἑκώ[--- μ]υρία μέμφ[---]
εἰ δ’ [---]αν ἔαι.
ἄκρητος [---] ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶ[ν]
[---]έτηαν ἐᾶν.
5[---]ς, ἀλλ’ ἐφίλησα
[---] ἀδίκημ’, ἀδικῶι.

Εἰ μὲν ἑκώ[--- μ]υρία μέμφ[---]
εἰ δ’ [---]αν ἔαι.
ἄκρητος [---] ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶ[ν]
[---]έτηαν ἐᾶν.
5[---]ς, ἀλλ’ ἐφίλησα
[---] ἀδίκημ’, ἀδικῶι.
Apparatus

Text follows Kaibel 1876.
The epigram seems to be by Callimachus (according to EG).
Εἰ μὲν ἑκώ[ν, Ἀρχῖν’, ἐπεκώμασα, μ]υρία μέμφ[ου·]
εἰ δ’ [ἀέκων ἥκω, τὴν προπέτει]αν ἔαι.
ἄκρητος [καὶ Ἔρως μ’ ἠνάγκασεν], ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶ[ν]
[εἷλκεν, ὁ δ’ οὐκ εἴα τὴν προπ]έτηαν ἐᾶν.
[ἐλθὼν δ’ οὐκ ἐβόησα, τίς ἤ τίνο]ς, ἀλλ’ ἐφίλησα
[τὴν φλιήν· εἰ τοῦτ’ ἐστ’] ἀδίκημ’, ἀδικῶι.

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Dating

Date (From) 31 AD
Date (To) 70 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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Revisions
  1. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-13 10:14
  2. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-13 11:45
  3. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-13 12:20
  4. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-13 12:23
  5. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-04-13 12:25
  6. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-03 10:27
  7. by Alexander Gangoly
    at 2023-05-16 09:44
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 10:56
  9. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 10:57
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-02-04 10:57
  11. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-02-04 13:35
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