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Type 4548
(formerly typ/2631)

	Ὁ τραγικὸν φώνημα καὶ ὀφρυόεσσαν ἀοιδὴν
	πυργώσας στιβαρῇ πρῶτος ἐν εὐεπίῃ,
	Αἰσχύλος Εὐφορίωνος, Ἐλευσινίης ἑκὰς αἴης
	κεῖται κυδαίνων σήματι Τρινακρίην.

Title(s)	Antipater Thessalonicus, in Aeschylum
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 36-37
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antipatros of Thessaloniki < Makedonia < Greece
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Sikelia
Tag(s)	Death Epitaph Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Here, far from the Attic land, making Sicily glorious by his tomb, lies Aeschylus, son of Euphorion, who first built high with massive eloquence the diction of tragedy and its beetling song. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 27 L'homme qui le premier a haussé le verbe tragique et le chant sublime en un style vigoureux, Eschyle, fils d'Euphorion, gît loin de la terre d'Éleusis, honorant de son monument la Trinacrie. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 74-75 Der als erster vor allen des Sanges erhabene Weise und in machtvollem Wort tragische Sprache geprägt, Aischylos, er, des Euphorion Sohn, hier fern von Eleusis liegt er und spendet im Grab Ruhm dem Trinakrialand. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 37
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 26-27 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 74-75
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21024] Ὁ τραγικ(ὸν) φώνημα καὶ ὀφρυόεσσαν ἀοιδὴν [1326-1375] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4677 (olim N.47) [1326-1475] (f. 135r) (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.39
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