Funerary epigram for Kapion, son of Dorko. Large pedimental stele of gray-white marble; inscription above and below a relief depicting a standing male figure.
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Boiotia — Thespiai — early 3rd c. BC? — MDAI(A) 56 (1931) 127, 10 (GVI I 1501) — ArchEph (1963) Chr., 24; pl. 5, XIV, a and b — cf. SEG 26.617; 31.522
| above relief.1 | Καπίων. |
| below relief.1 | λοίσθια δὴ Δορκώ σε ὀλοὰν ἐπὶ νᾶα κιόντα |
| τάλαινα μάτηρ, Καπίων, ἐπέμψατο· | |
| οὐ γὰρ ἔθ’ ἅγε ὑπέδεκτο φίλον τέκνον, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ πόντωι | |
| ἀφείλετο ἥβας ἄνθος ἄγριος κλυδών. | |
| 5 | πολλὰ μεθ’ ἁδυβόα δόνακος κυκλίοις ἐν ἀγῶσι |
| ἄνακτα μέλψαντα ἐν χοροῖσιν Εὔιον. |