Funerary epigram for Glaphyros of Cappadocia. Small rectangular marble plaque.
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Sikelia (Aeolian Islands) — Lipara (Lipari) — IG XIV 400 — Libertini, Le isole Eolie (1921) p. 219, 18 — Peek, GVI 1018
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1 | Θεοῖς Καταχθονίοις. |
Καππαδόκων ἔθνους πολυανθέας οἴδατε ἀρούρας· | |
κεῖθεν ἐγὼ φυόμην ἐκ τοκέων ἀγαθῶν· | |
ἐξέτι τοὺς λιπόμην, δύσιν ἤλυθον ἠδὲ καὶ ἠῶ. | |
5 | οὔνομά μοι Γλάφυρος καὶ φρενὸς εἴκελον ἦ(ν). |
ἑξηκοστὸν ἔτος πανελεύθερον ἐξεβίωσα | |
καὶ καλὸν τὸ τύχης καὶ πικρὸν οἶδα βίου. |