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Reference as: MPL00361
Title Herm of Homer from the so-called villa di Eliano
Trismegistos-No. 568607

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
Find Context Via Ostiense, VI mile, out of Porta S. Paolo, villa di Eliano, Fulvio Orsini; third mile, out of Porta Trigemina, Achille Stazio
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
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Current Location Details unknown/lost
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Object Type herm
Material unknown
State of Preservation complete
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height: unknown

depth: unknown

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

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

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Function honorific inscription
Language(s)
  • Greek
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  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Accentuating scheme

Inscription & Translations

ΟΜΗΡΟΣ

ΗΡΩΩΝΚΑΡΥΚΑΑΡΕΤΑΣΜΑΚΑΡΩΝΤΕΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΝ
ΕΛΛΑΝΩΝΔΟΞΗΣΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝΑΕΛΙΟΝ
ΜΟΥΣΕΩΝΦΕΓΓΟΣΟΜΗΡΟΝΑΓΗΡΑΤΟΝΣΤΟΜΑΚΟΣΜΟΥ
5ΠΑΝΤΟΣΟΡΑΣΤΟΥΤΟΝΔΑΙΔΑΛΟΝΑΡΧΕΤΥΠΟΝ
siglum
ΟΥΧΕΘΟΣΕΣΤΙΝΕΜΟΙΦΡΑΖΕΙΝΓΕΝΟΣΟΥΔΟΝΟΜΑΥΤΟ
ΝΥΝΔΕΝΕΚΑΙΛΙΑΝΟΥΠΑΝΤΑΣΑΦΩΣΕΡΕΩΙ
ΠΑΤΡΙΣΜΟΙΧΘΩΝΠΑΣΑΤΟΔΟΥΝΟΜΑΦΑΣΙΝΟΜΗΡΟΝ
ΕΣΤΙΔΕΜΟΥΣΑΩΝΟΥΚΕΜΟΝΟΥΔΕΝΕΠΟΣ
siglum
10ΕΙΜΕΝΘΝΗΤΟΣΕΦΥΣΠΩΣΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΝΣΕΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΝ
ΜΟΥΣΑΙΚΑΙΜΟΙΡΩΝΝΗΜΑΑΝΕΚΛΩΣΑΝΑΝΑΞ
ΕΙΔΗΣΘΑΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣΠΩΣΕΝΘΝΗΤΟΙΣΣΕΑΡΙΘΜΟΥΣΙΝ
ΟΥΜΑΣΕΤΑΥΤΕΧΡΗΝΣΕΜΝΕΠΟΙΗΤΑΦΡΟΝΕΙΝ
ΑΛΛΕΓΝΩΝΤΟΑΛΗΘΕΣΕΠΕΙΤΟΣΑΦΕΣΔΙΑΦΕΥΓΕΙ
15ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΝΦΑΣΙΝΘΕΙΕΣΕΟΜΗΡΕΠΕΛΕΙΝ
Ὅμηρος.

ἡρώων κάρυκα ἀρετᾶς μακάρων τε προφήταν
Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον ἀέλιον
Μουσέων φέγγος, Ὅμηρον, ἀγήρατον στόμα κόσμου
5παντός, ὁρᾷς τοῦτον, δαίδαλον ἀρχέτυπον.
((siglum))
οὐχ ἔθος ἐστὶν ἐμοὶ φράζειν γένος οὐδ’ ὄνομ’ αὐτό,
νῦν δ’ ἕνεκ’ Αἰλιανοῦ πάντα σαφῶς ἐρέωι·
πατρίς μοι χθὼν πᾶσα, τὸ δ’ οὔνομά φασιν Ὅμηρον·
ἐστὶ δὲ Μουσάων, οὐκ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν ἔπος.
((siglum))
10εἰ μὲν θνητὸς ἔφυς, πῶς ἀθάνατόν σε ἐποίησαν
Μοῦσαι καὶ Μοιρῶν νῆμα ἀνέκλωσαν, ἄναξ;
εἰ δ’ ἦσθα ἀθάνατος, πῶς ἐν θνητοῖς σε ἀριθμοῦσιν;
οὐ μὰ σὲ ταῦτ’ ἐχρῆν, σεμνὲ ποιητά, φρονεῖν·
ἀλλ’ ἔγνων τὸ ἀληθές· ἐπεὶ τὸ σαφὲς διαφεύγει,
15ἄνθρωπόν φασιν, θεῖέ, σε, Ὅμηρε, πέλειν.
Ὅμηρος.

ἡρώων κάρυκα ἀρετᾶς μακάρων τε προφήταν
Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον ἀέλιον
Μουσέων φέγγος, Ὅμηρον, ἀγήρατον στόμα κόσμου
παντός, ὁρᾷς τοῦτον, δαίδαλον ἀρχέτυπον.
((siglum))
5οὐχ ἔθος ἐστὶν ἐμοὶ φράζειν γένος οὐδ’ ὄνομ’ αὐτό,
νῦν δ’ ἕνεκ’ Αἰλιανοῦ πάντα σαφῶς ἐρέωι·
πατρίς μοι χθὼν πᾶσα, τὸ δ’ οὔνομά φασιν Ὅμηρον·
ἐστὶ δὲ Μουσάων, οὐκ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν ἔπος.
((siglum))
εἰ μὲν θνητὸς ἔφυς, πῶς ἀθάνατόν σε ἐποίησαν
10Μοῦσαι καὶ Μοιρῶν νῆμα ἀνέκλωσαν, ἄναξ;
εἰ δ’ ἦσθα ἀθάνατος, πῶς ἐν θνητοῖς σε ἀριθμοῦσιν;
οὐ μὰ σὲ ταῦτ’ ἐχρῆν, σεμνὲ ποιητά, φρονεῖν·
ἀλλ’ ἔγνων τὸ ἀληθές· ἐπεὶ τὸ σαφὲς διαφεύγει,
ἄνθρωπόν φασιν, θεῖέ, σε, Ὅμηρε, πέλειν.
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