Inscriptions: Epitaph for the doctor Dorotheus

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00816
Title	Epitaph for the doctor Dorotheus
Trismegistos-No.	113072

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Tithorea
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation
Dimensions	width: 33.0 cm height: 42.0 cm depth: 8.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
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Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Greek
Verse Type(s)
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

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ΔΩΡΟΘΕΕ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

[]ΩΡΟΘΕΟΝΞΕΝΕΤΟΝΔΕΣΑΟΦΡΟΝΑΓΑΙΑΚΕΚ[]
[]ΗΤΡΟΝΒΙΟΤΑΝΓΗΡΑΙΛΕΙΠΟΜΕΝΟΝ
5[]ΠΟΤΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΛΟΧΕΥΣΑΤΟΠΑΤΡΙΣΑ[]
ΝΕΙΛΟΡΥΤΟΣΠΑΣΗΣΑΨΑΜΕΝΟΝΣΟΦΙΗ[]
ΑΣΤΕ[]ΘΩΝΠΟΛΛΑΠΕΡΙΠΛΑΝΙΗΤΙΤΟΡΕ[]
ΠΕΤΡΟΦ[]ΥΧΡΩΙΤΩΙΔΕΚΕΚΕΥΘΕΤΑΦΩ[]
ΩΣΠΟΤΕΜΟΙΡΙΔΙΟΝΤΕΛΟΣΗΛΥΘΕΚΑΙΓΑΡΟ[]
10ΝΗΣΟΣΕΧΕΙΒΑΙΑΘΕΙΟΝΑΟΙΔΟΝΙΟΣ

Δωρόθεε,
χαῖρε.

[Δ]ωρόθεον, ξένε, τόνδε σαόφρονα γαῖα κέκ[ευθεν]
[ἰ]ητρόν, βιοτὰν γήραι λειπόμενον,
5[ὅμ] ποτ’Ἀλεξάνδρεια λοχεύσατο πατρὶς ἀ[γητὴ?]
νειλόρυτος πάσης ἁψάμενον σοφίη[ς]·
ἄστε[α δ ἐλ]θὼν πολλὰ περιπλανίῃ, Τιτόρε[ια]
πετροφ[υὴς ψ]υχρῶι τῶιδε κέκευθε τάφω[ι]
ὥς ποτε μοιρίδιον τέλος ἤλυθε· καὶ γὰρ Ὅ[μηρον]
10νῆσος ἔχει βαιὰ θεῖον ἀοιδὸν Ἴος.

Δωρόθεε, χαῖρε.

[Δ]ωρόθεον, ξένε, τόνδε σαόφρονα γαῖα κέκ[ευθεν]
[ἰ]ητρόν, βιοτὰν γήραι λειπόμενον,
[ὅμ] ποτ’Ἀλεξάνδρεια λοχεύσατο πατρὶς ἀ[γητὴ?]
νειλόρυτος πάσης ἁψάμενον σοφίη[ς]·
ἄστε[α δ ἐλ]θὼν πολλὰ περιπλανίῃ, Τιτόρε[ια]
πετροφ[υὴς ψ]υχρῶι τῶιδε κέκευθε τάφω[ι]
ὥς ποτε μοιρίδιον τέλος ἤλυθε· καὶ γὰρ Ὅ[μηρον]
νῆσος ἔχει βαιὰ θεῖον ἀοιδὸν Ἴος.

Apparatus

Text follows GVI 766.

Main Translation

Translation
Citation

Other Translations

Dôrothéos, adieu.
Ètranger, cést Dôrothéos, sage médecin que la terre renferme; en sa vieillesse il quitte la vie; autrefois, [l'admirable (?)] Alexandrie arrosé par le Nil, sa patrie, l'a mis au monde, lui qui s'adonnait à l'ensamble du savoir. Alors qu'il se rendit dans bien des viles, de tous côtés, cést Tothorée perchée sur son rocher, qui l'enferma dans ce froid tombeau, quand arriva un jour la fin, par arrêt du destin; car même Homère, divin aède, c'est petit île d'Ios qui le garde (French , Samama 2003)

Prosopographical Information

Name Δωρόθεος
Gender Male
Profession Other profession
Role Dedicatee

Name	Δωρόθεος
Gender	Male
Profession	Other profession
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	100 BC
Date (To)	1 BC
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

GVI 00766
É. Samama, Les médecins dans le monde grec. Sources épigraphiques sur la naissance d’un corps médical, Genève 2003 , 153-154, no. 53 (with Frech translation). 🔗 link
É. Cairon, Les épitaphes métriques hellénistiques du Péloponnèse à la Thessalie (Hungarian Polis Studies [hps] 18), Budapest, Debrecen, 2009, 327 pp., hu issn: 1417-1708, Budapest , 183-184, no. 55 🔗 link

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