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Type 4053
(formerly typ/2144)

	Ἱπποκράτης φάος ἦν μερόπων καὶ σῴετο λαῶν
	ἔθνεα, καὶ νεκύων ἦν σπάνις εἰν Ἀίδῃ.

Title(s)	In Hippocratem
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 40-41
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikodemos of Herakleia
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Hippocrates of Kos < Greece (6th c. BC - 5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Hippocrates was the light of mankind; whole peoples were saved by him, and there was a scarcity of dead in Hades. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 29 Hippocrate était la lumière des mortels, il sauvait les peuples en foule, et il avait pénurie de morts dans l'Hadès. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 21 Leuchte der Sterblichen war Hippokrates, Scharen von Völkern hat er gerettet: da ward Hades von Toten sohier leer. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 41
Comment	The epigram is an ἀναστρέφον: it can be read backwards as well as forwards. The Anthologia Graeca contains more ἀναστρέφοντα by Nikodemos: VI.314-320 and VI.323.
Bibliography	Primary D. Page, 1981, Further Greek epigrams: epigrams before A.D. 50 from the Greek anthology and other sources, not included in Hellenistic epigrams or The garland of Philip, Cambridge: 545 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 28-29 P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 21
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[25075] Ἱπποκράτης φάος ἦν μερόπ(ων) καὶ σώετ λαῶς [1476-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 272 [1476-1500] (f. 5v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, IX.53
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