Fragment of honorary decree for (no name), mentioning
monoma[choi], on marble block; Roman; found at Mylasa: Cousin &
Diehl, BCH 12, 1888, 11-12, no. 2; Robert, Glad. no. 171; BE
1940:149; BE 1973:414; *IMylasa 531.
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IMyl 531
| 1 | [— τὴν ἰ]δίαν ἐξουσίαν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἀγωνισαμέ- |
| [νων — ὑπ]ὲρ ζωῆς παραστήματι καὶ πυγμῇ πρὸς | |
| [— ἔτι] δ̣ὲ τῇ τοῦ σιδήρου χορηγιᾳ καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ ψυ- | |
| [χῆς — ἀγωνιζομ]ένων θέαν ἀντέσχε πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν τοῦ | |
| 5 | [—]․νος τῶν ὀφειλόντων καὶ διὰ τὴν τῆς θέας ἔκ- |
| [πληξιν? — καὶ ὑπερ]οχὴν καὶ τὴν παντὸς τοῦ πλήθους ἐπιβόησιν | |
| [—]ος ἀλλὰ ἀντιτάξας τῇ τοῦ πλήθους συμπαθί- | |
| [ᾳ —]ότητα πάντας τοὺς ὑποπεσόντας μονομά- | |
| [χους — τού]ς τε σὺν τοῖς ἐν ταῖς ἐξοπλασίαις ἀναλωμέ- | |
| 10 | [νοις —]ς̣ καὶ εἴδεσιν καὶ ἀλκαῖς διαφερόντων ἐπιτετέ- |
| [λεκεν —]ιατων καὶ ἄλλων μονομάχων τριῶν, τοῖς μὲν | |
| [παροῦσι — θαυ]μάζειν καὶ ἔκπληξιν μεγίστην καὶ ἀπρόλημ[π]- | |
| [τον τῆς ἑαυτοῦ φιλο]δοξίας, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς καὶ ἀπιστίαν καὶ ἐν τοῖς λο- | |
| [— τὴν ἰ]δίαν ἀνυπέρθετον πρόθεσιν καὶ τὴν τῆς πατρί- | |
| 15 | [δος — δόξα]ν· ἀφειδεῖ γὰρ κεχρῆσθαι καὶ πολυδαπάνῳ παρασ- |
| [τάσει —] κ̣αὶ ῥόδων καὶ ἐπιδόσεων καὶ τῇ τῶν ἠγωνισμένων | |
| [—] διδαχῇ ποικίλῃ καὶ ἐκ παντὸς ὁπλισμοῦ διακρι- | |
| [νομένῃ? — χ]ρυσοῦ ὥστε πᾶσαν ὑπερβολὴν πεπληρῶσθαι, καὶ | |
| [— ἐν τῷ λοιπῷ] βίῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ τῆς ἀρχιερατείας χρόνῳ πᾶσαν εὐ- | |
| 20 | [—] |