Inscriptions: Epitaph for an unnamed poet turned doctor

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00954
Title	Epitaph for an unnamed poet turned doctor
Trismegistos-No.	981295

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Megalopolis
Find Context	Found near the ancient theatre of the modern Megalopolis, at the intersection of the dirt road that leads to the ancient theatre and the road heading north toward Karitena
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Megalopolis, Archaeological Museum of Megalopolis
Inventory number	56
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material
State of Preservation	fragmentary
Dimensions	width: 55.0 cm height: 59.0 cm depth: 14.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	1.2
Letter Size in cm (max)	1.4
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	This stele with pediment is broken at the bottom
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence Yes, achieved by letters in the space between lines

Prose Verse Presence	Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	Yes, achieved by letters in the space between lines

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ΞΥΝΟΝΕΓΩΔΟΞΑΣΕΛΟΜΑΝΕΝΠΑΙΣΙΝ`ΑΕΘΛΟΝ´
ΠΙΕΡΙΔΩΝΙΕΡΑΙΣΤΕΡΠΟΜΕΝΟΣΣΕΛΙΣΙΝ
ΦΟΙΒΟΥΔΥΙΑΒΡΟΤΟΙΣΙΝΑΛΕΞΗΤΗΡΑΝΟΣΟΙ[]
ΣΕΦΘΕΙΣΙΜΕΡΤΑΝΕΞΕΜΟΓΗΣΑΤΕΧΝΑΝ
5[]ΛΛΕΜΕΤΟΝΣΩΙΖΟΝΤΑΣΥΧΝΟΥΣΟΠΟΛΥΚΤΟΝΟ[]`ΑΙΔΑΣ´
ΑΡΠΑΣΤΟΝΠΕΜΨΕΝΧΩΡΟΝΕΠΕΥΣΕΒΕΩΝ
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Ξυνὸν ἐγὼ δόξας ἑλόμαν ἐν παισὶν `ἄεθλον´,
Πιερίδων ἱεραῖς τερπόμενος σελίσιν.
Φοίβου δ’υἷα βροτοῖσιν ἀλεξητῆρα νόσοι[ο]
σεφθεὶς ἱμερτὰν ἐξεμόγησα τέχναν.
5[‘Α]λλ’ἐμὲ τὸν σώιζοντα συχνοὺς ὁ πολυκτόνο[ς] `Αἴδας´
ἁρπαστὸν πέμψεν χῶρον ἐπ εὐσεβέων.
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Ξυνὸν ἐγὼ δόξας ἑλόμαν ἐν παισὶν `ἄεθλον´,
Πιερίδων ἱεραῖς τερπόμενος σελίσιν.
Φοίβου δ’υἷα βροτοῖσιν ἀλεξητῆρα νόσοι[ο]
σεφθεὶς ἱμερτὰν ἐξεμόγησα τέχναν.
[‘Α]λλ’ἐμὲ τὸν σώιζοντα συχνοὺς ὁ πολυκτόνο[ς] `Αἴδας´
ἁρπαστὸν πέμψεν χῶρον ἐπ εὐσεβέων. ------

Apparatus

Text follows Te Riele 1986.

Te Riele 1986: 90: “le graveur a cherché à maintenire la coupe des vers (sans pourtant faire rentrer les ‘pentametres’), ce qui l’a obligé d’écrire le dernier mot de la première ligne (où les caractères sont de plus grande taille) au-dessus de la ligne, à droite : de même, le dernier mot de la longue ligne 5 se trouve au-dessus, entre 4 et 5”.

Main Translation

Translation
Citation

Other Translations

Dans mon enfance, je remportais les prix de la gloire comme commune récompense les prix de gloire, comme comune récompense, tout charmé que j'étais par les pages sacrées des Piérides. Ayant vénéré le fils de Phoibos qui, pour les mortals, repousse les maladies, j'ai acquis à grand peine un art envié. Mais moi qui sauvais bien des gens, Hadés qui fait tant de victimes m'a enlevé et envoyé vers le pays des Bienheureux. (French , Samama 2003)

Prosopographical Information

Profession Other profession
Role Dedicatee

Profession	Other profession
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

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

Bibliography

G. Te Riele, Deux épigrammes trouvées en Arcadie, Mitteilungen der Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Chiron 14 (1984), 238-243 - SEG 34. 🔗 link
SEG 34, 00325
G. Te Riele, Un médicin Arcadien au passé littéraire, Studii Clasice 24 (1986), 89-91. 🔗 link
É. Samama, Les médecins dans le monde grec. Sources épigraphiques sur la naissance d’un corps médical, Genève 2003, no. 43 (with French translation). 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-08-06, by Anna Martelli
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