Cenotaph of a Proxenos in Corfu

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_817
dc.title	Cenotaph of a Proxenos in Corfu
dc.contributor.author	Tribulato Olga
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2017/1/cenotafio-di-un-prosseno-corcirese/
dc.description.abstract	It is an epigram inscribed on a circular tomb and found in Corfu (Korkyra) in 1843; at present, it is one of the most ancient funerary Greek epigrams. Its text, made of six hexameters, memorialises Menecrates, son of Tlasia of Oeantheia in the Ozolian Locris, who died far away from his homeland. The inscription employs an archaic alphabet that is typical of Corinth.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 1 \| Issue 1 \| June 2017
dc.issued	2017-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2016-09-14
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-08-27
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	10.14277/2532-6848/Axon-1-1-17-4
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Cenotafio
dc.subject	Cenotafio
dc.subject	Corcira
dc.subject	Corcira
dc.subject	Corfù
dc.subject	Corfù
dc.subject	Corinto
dc.subject	Corinto
dc.subject	Corinzio
dc.subject	Corinzio
dc.subject	Demos
dc.subject	Demos
dc.subject	Dialetto
dc.subject	Dialetto
dc.subject	Dorico
dc.subject	Dorico
dc.subject	Eantea
dc.subject	Eantea
dc.subject	Epigramma
dc.subject	Epigramma
dc.subject	Epsilon
dc.subject	Epsilon
dc.subject	Esametri
dc.subject	Esametri
dc.subject	Interpunzione
dc.subject	Interpunzione
dc.subject	Lingua lette
dc.subject	Lingua lette
dc.subject	Locride Ozolia
dc.subject	Locride Ozolia
dc.subject	Losanga
dc.subject	Losanga
dc.subject	Menecrate
dc.subject	Menecrate
dc.subject	Proxenos
dc.subject	Proxenos

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Olga Tribulato Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

It is an epigram inscribed on a circular tomb and found in Corfu (Korkyra) in 1843; at present, it is one of the most ancient funerary Greek epigrams. Its text, made of six hexameters, memorialises Menecrates, son of Tlasia of Oeantheia in the Ozolian Locris, who died far away from his homeland. The inscription employs an archaic alphabet that is typical of Corinth.

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June 30, 2017

Accepted

Sept. 14, 2016

Submitted

Aug. 27, 2016

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Keywords: Lingua lette • Epigramma • Corfù • Corcira • Epsilon • Locride Ozolia • Losanga • Eantea • Dorico • Cenotafio • Corinzio • Interpunzione • Menecrate • Corinto • Proxenos • Esametri • Demos • Dialetto

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