Epitaph for Deinias

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_3208
dc.title	Epitaph for Deinias
dc.contributor.author	Marucci Marta
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2020/1/epitafio-per-dinia/
dc.description.abstract	The funerary epigram, engraved on a base of white limestone that was found by E. Kirsten in Palairos in 1939, is the oldest from Hellenistic Akarnania. The text, composed of two elegiac couplets, commemorates the warrior Deinias, son of Learchos, who died young fighting against the Aetolians. The palaeographic characteristics of the letters of the inscription allow us to place it at the end of the 4th century BC: this dating seems to be confirmed by elements inside the text and by some historical sources (in particular Diodorus Siculus). The epitaph is an important testimony to local epigrammatic poetry: in fact, although it was made by an anonymous versifier, it appears remarkable both from a poetic (given the presence of formulas and topoi well attested in literature, such as the mourning for the immature mors of the warrior) as well as a linguistic point of view (in fact, forms taken from the Ionic dialect and from the epic can be found).
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 1 \| June 2020
dc.issued	2020-06-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-03-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-03-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2020/01/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Acarnania
dc.subject	Acarnania
dc.subject	Caduti in guerra
dc.subject	Caduti in guerra
dc.subject	Epigramma ellenistico
dc.subject	Epigramma ellenistico
dc.subject	Etolia
dc.subject	Etolia
dc.subject	Età ellenistica
dc.subject	Età ellenistica
dc.subject	Mors ante diem
dc.subject	Mors ante diem

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Epitaph for Deinias

Marta Marucci Sapienza Università di Roma, Italia

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The funerary epigram, engraved on a base of white limestone that was found by E. Kirsten in Palairos in 1939, is the oldest from Hellenistic Akarnania. The text, composed of two elegiac couplets, commemorates the warrior Deinias, son of Learchos, who died young fighting against the Aetolians. The palaeographic characteristics of the letters of the inscription allow us to place it at the end of the 4th century BC: this dating seems to be confirmed by elements inside the text and by some historical sources (in particular Diodorus Siculus). The epitaph is an important testimony to local epigrammatic poetry: in fact, although it was made by an anonymous versifier, it appears remarkable both from a poetic (given the presence of formulas and topoi well attested in literature, such as the mourning for the immature mors of the warrior) as well as a linguistic point of view (in fact, forms taken from the Ionic dialect and from the epic can be found).

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June 22, 2020

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March 25, 2020

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March 1, 2020

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Keywords: Acarnania • Mors ante diem • Caduti in guerra • Epigramma ellenistico • Etolia • Età ellenistica

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