Funerary epigram for Lyka. Stele of white limestone with relief pediment.
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Boiotia — Thespiai — Ag. Sergios — 2nd c. AD — MDAI(A) 56 (1931) 128, 11 — GVI I 959 — SEG 19.365
1 | χαῖρε Λύκα |
ὀκτωκαίδεκ’ ἐτῶν. / | |
νηδὺς καὶ δαίμων με | |
διώλεσαν ἀγχιτόκοισιν / | |
5 | ὠδεῖσιν βρέφεος πρῶ- |
τον ἐφειεμένην. / | |
κεῖμαι δ’ ὠκύμορος | |
δυστερπεῖ τῇδ’ ἐνὶ πέτρῃ, / | |
ἀνέρα καὶ ζωὴν οὐκέ- | |
10 | τ’ ἔχουσα Λύκα. ❦ |