[Author]<\/strong> CEG 524 (unknown author)<\/p>\n[Place of discovery]<\/strong> Athens<\/p>\n[Source] <\/strong> Marble stele with painted olive wreath<\/p>\n[Typology] <\/strong>Elegy (epitaph)<\/p>\n[Period]<\/strong> 400\u2013350 BC (middle of the 4th century BC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
[Text]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\u1f0c\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03c0\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2
\n\u03a3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03c9\u03bd\u1f77\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2
\n\u03b5\u1f34 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f15\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u2019 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u1f7d\u03b8\u03b7,
\n\u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f73\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03b4\u2019 \u1f14\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u1f71\u03bd[\u03bf\u03c5]\n\u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u0387 \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u1f77\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b9\u03c2\u0387
\n\u03b5\u1f50\u03b4\u03b1\u1f77\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f14\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03c0\u03c9[\u03bd]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
[Metrics]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>Prose for the deceased\u2019s name and demotic; sequence of hexameter, pentameter, pentameter and
\nhexameter for the epigram. Correption in v. 3 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f08\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u1f77\u03c9\u03bd; scriptio plena in v. 3 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5
\nand v. 4 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f14\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd, but elided form in v. 1 \u1f15\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u2019 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u1f7d\u03b8\u03b7.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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[Critical apparatus]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>Milesian Ionic alphabet with notation of long vowels but not secondary ones (thus v. 2 \u03c4\u014d\u03b4\u2019, v. 3 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u014d). Name of the deceased and demotic inscribed in larger letters above the painted wreath.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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[Translation]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>Archippos Scambonides
\nIf any man was ever crowned for virtue,
\nI, possessing it to the fullest, received this golden crown,
\nand the city of Athens placed it upon me.
\nI died happy, leaving children and grandchildren behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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[Comment]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>This is one of many examples of epigraphic epigrams from the 4th century that reveal significant similarities with classical elegies and their innovations, namely the alteration of the normal hexameter-pentameter stanzaic sequence, the adoption of metaphorical and allusive language, and greater formal refinement, thanks to the number and variety of rhetorical devices, with a particular preference for figures of sound. It is a conception of poetic creation as a game and virtuosity in the use of words: literary examples of this new way of composing elegies are frs 1 and 5 W. by Dionysius Calco or fr. 4 W. by Critias. In the case of CEG 524 the deceased\u2019s name and deme are inscribed separately, outside the metrical text, in larger letters, while the verse sequence is skillfully arranged in a chiastic order of hexameter, pentameter, pentameter, and hexameter. This intertwined structure, typical of a crown, is significantly echoed by the verb \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u1f79\u03c9 and the noun \u03c3\u03c4\u1f73\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2, which appear in three of the four verses of the epigram, placed in the clause and arranged in the deliberate sequence verb \u2013 noun \u2013 verb, emphasizing the interweaving. Noteworthy is also the enjambement \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c6\u1f71\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \/ \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6 in v. 2 f., linking the two pairs of verses and contributing to the intertwining, as well as the polytoton in v. 4, \u03c0\u03b1\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2, creating a periphrasis to indicate the grandchildren. The sophistication of the composition is further enhanced visually by the painted olive wreath on the stele, beneath which the epitaph itself is placed.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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[Reference edition]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>P.A. HANSEN, Carmina Epigraphica Graeca saeculi IV a. Chr. n<\/em>. (CEG II), Berolini et Novi Eboraci 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
[Essential bibliography]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>K. FLOWER SMITH, ‘Some Irregular Forms of the Elegiac Distich‘<\/em>, AJPh<\/em> 22.2, 1901, 165-194; A. CONZE, Die attischen Grabreliefs<\/em>, Band III, Tafel 278 n. 1323, Berlin 1906.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
[Keywords]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>Sepulchral epigram, classical elegy, irregular metrical structure, formal elaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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