Didyma 559

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Didyma 559
Quotation
[—]λε[—] [—]․ον διέπων̣ [—] [—]ς ἄντυγας ὠκυ̣[πόρους] [—]ο̣ις θείαν φύσιν η[—] [—]α̣ς καὶ κλέος οὐρ̣ά̣[νιον.] [— ἄν]δρεσσι δόμοισιν ἀ[․․5․․] [—]ς ναίηι κόσμον ἀπε[ιρέσιον] ? [— αὐτ]ὰ̣ρ ἄνακτος ἐν εὐκρ̣[—] [—]ος θνατᾶς ἐκτὸς ἐ[—]
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Homes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Vehicle
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified, "a boundless ornament for a boat" - possibly prows?
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herakleitos
Bibliography
Peek 1971
Notes
Elegiacs. Basing interpretation on Peek, where the inscription is heavily restored; without this it's hard to discern a meaning
Item Identifier
A00781
Determination
Interpreted from context