Inscriptions: Epitaph for Philista and the poet and doctor Thrasippus

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00841
Title	Epitaph for Philista and the poet and doctor Thrasippus
Trismegistos-No.	906298

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthus
Find Context	Brought to the Corinth museum by a villager in January 1935.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Corinth, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Inventory number	I 1554
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 13.0 cm height: 245.0 cm depth: 65.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.2
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.8
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	The slab is unbroken, but the surface is damaged, probably by a pick.
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ΤΙΜΑΡΧ.ΙΘΥΓΑΤΡΑΚ.ΛΑΙ......Ε...ΙΣΤΑΝ
ΚΕΥΘΕΙ.ΚΑΙΘΕΙ.ΣΜΕΣΤΟΤΑΤΑΝΑΡΕΤΑ[]
ΑΛΛΑΚΑΚΑΝΟΥΣΟΣΖΩΑΝΕΚΑΛΥΨΕΓΥΝΑΙΚΟΣ
ΕΣΘΛΑΣΠΡΙΝΣΤΥΓΕΡΟΥΓΡΑ[]ΣΑΝΤΙΤΥΧΕΙΝ
5ΕΙΔΑΓΑΘΑΙΣΤΙΜΑΤ[]ΥΠΟΧ[]ΝΟΣΑΔΕΕΤΕΥΧΕΝ
ΠΡΩΤΑΣΕΥΚΟΛΠΩΙΙΠΑΡΑ[]ΕΡΣΕΦΟΝΑΙ |^paragraphos vacat

ΑΔΕΣΕΠΟΙΗΤΑΝΤΕΚΑΙΙΗΤΗΡΑΘΡΑΣΙΠΠΕ
ΟΥΘΕΝΟΣΕΛΛΑΝΩΝΔΕΥΤΕΡΟ.ΑΙΑΦΕΡΕΙ

Τιμάρχω̣ι θύγατρα Κα̣λαιν̣ώ̣, τ̣ύ̣μ̣β̣ε, φ̣ι̣λ̣ίσταν
κεύθεις̣ καὶ θεία̣ς μεστοτάταν ἀρετᾶ[ς].
ἀλλὰ κακὰ νοῦσος ζωὰν ἐκάλυψε γυναικὸς
ἐσθλᾶς πρὶν στυγεροῦ γή̣ρα[ο]ς ἀντιτυχεῖν.
5εἰ δ’ ἀγαθαῖς τιμά τ[ις] ὑπὸ χ[θο]νός, ἅδε τ̣έτευχεν
πρώτας εὐκόλπωι κ̣α̣ὶ παρὰ [Π]ερσεφόναι. |^paragraphos (vac. 1 line)

ἅδε σε ποιητάν τε καὶ ἰητῆρα, Θράσιππε,
οὐθενὸς Ἑλλάνων δεύτερον̣ αἶα φέρει.

Τιμάρχω̣ι θύγατρα Κα̣λαιν̣ώ̣, τ̣ύ̣μ̣β̣ε, φ̣ι̣λ̣ίσταν
κεύθεις̣ καὶ θεία̣ς μεστοτάταν ἀρετᾶ[ς].
ἀλλὰ κακὰ νοῦσος ζωὰν ἐκάλυψε γυναικὸς
ἐσθλᾶς πρὶν στυγεροῦ γή̣ρα[ο]ς ἀντιτυχεῖν.
εἰ δ’ ἀγαθαῖς τιμά τ[ις] ὑπὸ χ[θο]νός, ἅδε τ̣έτευχεν
πρώτας εὐκόλπωι κ̣α̣ὶ παρὰ [Π]ερσεφόναι. |^paragraphos (vac. 1 line)

ἅδε σε ποιητάν τε καὶ ἰητῆρα, Θράσιππε,
οὐθενὸς Ἑλλάνων δεύτερον̣ αἶα φέρει.

Apparatus

Text follows Kent (Corinth 08-03).

Main Translation

Translation
Citation

Other Translations

Cést Philista la joille fille de Trimarchos, que, ô tombe, tu caches, elle qui était pleine d'une divine vertu. Mais une mauvaise maladie a enveloppé la vie de cette femme noble avant quelle n'obtienne à la place l'odieuse vieilesse.
S'il existe quelque prix sous la terre pour les honnêtes femmes, celleci a remporté le premier aussi auprès de Perséphone qui étreint chaleeureusement.
Cette terre te porte, toi poète et médicin, ô Thrasippos, toi qui n'étais inférieur à aucun Grec. (French , Cairon 2009)
O tomb, thou hidest Kalaino, beloved daughter of Timarchos, a daughter filled full of divine excellence. Daneful disease blotted out the life of a splendid woman before she encountered repulsive old age. If there is any honor beneath the earth for good women, she has now attained first honor in the presence of fair-bosomed Persephone.
This land supports thee, Thrasippus, who art poet and physician second to none of the Greeks. (English, J. H. Kent)

Prosopographical Information

Name Φιλίστα
Gender Female
Origin Foreign
Role Dedicatee
Name Θράσιππος
Gender Male
Origin Foreign
Profession Other profession
Role Dedicatee

Name	Φιλίστα
Gender	Female
Origin	Foreign
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Θράσιππος
Gender	Male
Origin	Foreign
Profession	Other profession
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	200 BC
Date (To)	1 BC
Date (Criteria)

Bibliography

Corinth VIII 3, 00300 (with photo and English translation)
GVI 02020
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, 94-96, no.30 (French translation) . 🔗 link
É. Samama, Les médecins dans le monde grec. Sources épigraphiques sur la naissance d’un corps médical, Genève 2003,134, no. 28. 🔗 link
PH179288 🔗 link
METIS ASCSA Archaeological platform (photo) 🔗 link

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