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Identification

Reference as: MPL00360
Title Herm of Menander from the so-called villa di Eliano
Trismegistos-No. 568603

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context via Ostiense, out of Porta San Paolo, villa di Eliano, Fulvio Orsini; third mile, out of Porta Trigemina, Achille Stazio
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Torino, Museo di Antichità
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type herm
Material unknown
State of Preservation incomplete
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

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

Text

Function honorific inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

[]ΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ     vacat

[]ΝΣΤΗΣΑΙΣΥΝΕΡΩΤΙΦΙΛΩΣΕΜΕΝΑΝΔ[]
[]ΕΤΕΛΕΙΣΟΡΓΙΑΤΕΡΠΝΑΘΕΟΥ
[]ΦΟΡΕΩΝΑΙΕΙΘΕΟΝΟΠΠΟΤΕΚΑΙΝΥΝ
5[]ΦΗΝΚΑΤΙΔΩΝΑΥΤΙΚΑΠΑΣΣΕΦΙΛΕΙ     vacat
[]ΤΑΙΡΟΝΕΡΩΤΟΣΟΡΑΣΣΕΙΡΗΝΑΘΕΑΤΡΩΝ
[]ΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΝΑΕΙΚΡΑΤΑΠΥΚΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΝ
[]ΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣΙΛΑΡΟΝΒΙΟΝΕΞΕΔΙΔΑΞΑ
[]ΣΚΗΝΗΝΔΡΑΜΑΣΙΠΑΣΙΓΑΜΩΝ     vacat
10[]ΕΣΤΗΣΑΚΑΤΟΦΘΑΛΜΟΥΣΣΕΜΕΝΑΝΔ[]
[]ΜΗΡΕΙΗΣΦΙΛΤΑΤΕΜΟΙΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ
[]ΕΡΑΕΤΑΞΕΣΟΦΟΣΚΡΕΙΝΕΙΝΜΕΤΕΚΕΙΝΟΝ
[]ΚΟΣΚΛΕΙΝΟΣΠΡΟΣΘΕΝΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΗΣ
[Μέ]νανδρος.( vac. 1 line)

[ἔχρῆν μ]ὲ̣ν στῆσαι σὺν Ἔρωτι φίλῳ σε, Μένανδ[ρε],
[ᾧ σὺν ζῶν] ἐτέλεις ὄργια τερπνὰ θεοῦ·
[δῆλος δὲ εἶ] φορέων αἰεὶ θεόν, ὁππότε καὶ νῦν
5[σὴν μορ]φὴν κατιδὼν αὐτίκα πᾶς σε φιλεῖ.( vac. 1 line)
[φαιδρὸν ἑ]ταῖρον Ἔρωτος ὁρᾷς, Σειρῆνα θεάτρων,
[τόνδε Μ]ένανδρον ἀεὶ κρᾶτα πυκαζόμενον·
[οὕνεκ’ ἄρ’ ἀ]νθρώπους ἱλαρὸν βίον ἐξεδίδαξα,
[ἡδύνας] σκηνὴν δράμασι πᾶσι γάμων.( vac. 1 line)
10[οὐ φαύλως] ἔστησα κατ’ ὀφθαλμούς σε, Μένανδ[ρε],
[τῆσδέ γ’ Ὁ]μηρείης, φίλτατέ μοι, κεφαλῆς,
[ἀλλά σέ δεύτ]ερα ἔταξε σοφὸς κρείνειν μετ’ ἐκεῖνον
[γραμματι]κὸς κλεινὸς πρόσθεν Ἀριστοφάνης.
[Μέ]νανδρος.( vac. 1 line)

[ἔχρῆν μ]ὲ̣ν στῆσαι σὺν Ἔρωτι φίλῳ σε, Μένανδ[ρε],
[ᾧ σὺν ζῶν] ἐτέλεις ὄργια τερπνὰ θεοῦ·
[δῆλος δὲ εἶ] φορέων αἰεὶ θεόν, ὁππότε καὶ νῦν
[σὴν μορ]φὴν κατιδὼν αὐτίκα πᾶς σε φιλεῖ.( vac. 1 line)
5[φαιδρὸν ἑ]ταῖρον Ἔρωτος ὁρᾷς, Σειρῆνα θεάτρων,
[τόνδε Μ]ένανδρον ἀεὶ κρᾶτα πυκαζόμενον·
[οὕνεκ’ ἄρ’ ἀ]νθρώπους ἱλαρὸν βίον ἐξεδίδαξα,
[ἡδύνας] σκηνὴν δράμασι πᾶσι γάμων.( vac. 1 line)
[οὐ φαύλως] ἔστησα κατ’ ὀφθαλμούς σε, Μένανδ[ρε],
10[τῆσδέ γ’ Ὁ]μηρείης, φίλτατέ μοι, κεφαλῆς,
[ἀλλά σέ δεύτ]ερα ἔταξε σοφὸς κρείνειν μετ’ ἐκεῖνον
[γραμματι]κὸς κλεινὸς πρόσθεν Ἀριστοφάνης.
Apparatus

Text follows Culasso Gastaldi, picture checked by A. Gangoly in 2023.
l. 2: [οὐ φθόνος ἦ]ν στῆσαι IGUR.
l. 3: [οὗ ζώων γ’] ἐτέλεις IGUR.
l. 5: [εἰκόνα σ]ὴν IGUR.
l. 7: [κλωσὶ Μ]ένανδρον IGUR.
l. 8: [φησὶν δέ· ἀ]νθρώπους IGUR.
l. 9: [ἐμπλήσας] σκηνὴν IGUR.
l. 10: [οὐκ ἄλλως] ἔστησα IGUR.
l. 11: [γείτον’ Ὁ]μηρείης IGUR.
l. 12: [εἰ σέ γε δεύτ]ερα IGUR.

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Dating

Date (From) 171 AD
Date (To) 300 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • archaeology
  • palaeography

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Created 2025-03-31, by Alexander Gangoly
Work Status Confirmed
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