Funerary epigram for Lyka.  Stele of white limestone with relief pediment.
[ ] 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 δεῖσιν βρέφεος πρῶ-
τον ἐφειεμένην.  /
κεῖμαι δ’ ὠκύμορος
δυστερπεῖ τῇδ’ ἐνὶ πέτρῃ,  /
ἀνέρα καὶ ζωὴν οὐκέ-
10 τ’ ἔχουσα Λύκα. ❦
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