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Type 4524
(formerly typ/2614)

	Ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς, μακάρων δὲ προφήταν,
	Ἑλλάνων βιοτᾷ δεύτερον ἀέλιον,
	Μουσῶν φέγγος Ὅμηρον, ἀγήραντον στόμα κόσμου
	παντός, ἁλιρροθία, ξεῖνε, κέκευθε κόνις.

Title(s)	In sepulcrum Homeri
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 18-19
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antipatros of Sidon < Lebanon (2nd c. BC)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Epitaph Praise of the author
Translation(s)	O stranger, the sea-beat earth covers Homer, the herald of the heroes’ valour, the spokesman of the gods, a second sun to the life of the Greeks, the light of the Muses, the mouth that groweth not old of the whole world. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 7 Les héros eurent en lui l'annonciateur de leur vertu, les dieux bienheureux leur interprète, le monde grec un autre soleil, les Muses leur lumière; il est Homère, bouche qui ne vieillit pas de l'univers entier, et ce sable où bruit la mer, étranger, le recouvre. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 58 Ihn, der Götter Propheten, den Herold der grossen Heroen, zweite Sonne im Sein aller Hellenen, Homer, ihn, die Leuchte der Musen, nie alternde Stimme des Weltalls, deckt nun, Wandrer, das Grab hier am umfluteten Strand. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 19
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 6-7 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 58
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[20941] Ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς μακάρ(ων) δὲ προφήταν [1462] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4629 (olim N.67) [1451-1500] (f. 21r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, VII.6
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