This is the editio princeps of a sepulchral Greek epigram carved on an altar that was discovered in 2011 by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma in the area of the so-called Villa dei Sette Bassi, where it was re-used in the Early Middle Ages; in all likelihood it had originally been erected in the adjacent Via Latina. The epigram consists of six hexameters and was written in memory of a little girl, Pompeiana, who tells the reader about her brief experience of life. The layout and language of the epigram are very elegant and betray the hand of a skilled poet, whose signature is perhaps to be read at the beginning of the inscription.
Un nuovo epigramma greco da Roma
TOZZI, GIULIA
2014
Abstract
This is the editio princeps of a sepulchral Greek epigram carved on an altar that was discovered in 2011 by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma in the area of the so-called Villa dei Sette Bassi, where it was re-used in the Early Middle Ages; in all likelihood it had originally been erected in the adjacent Via Latina. The epigram consists of six hexameters and was written in memory of a little girl, Pompeiana, who tells the reader about her brief experience of life. The layout and language of the epigram are very elegant and betray the hand of a skilled poet, whose signature is perhaps to be read at the beginning of the inscription.
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