Epigraphy Optional Course MA/MPhil Ancient History Leiden University st semester Instructor: Dr F.G. Naerebout

Point of departure: a reference: GVI Find out what the reference refers to – – Databases (zie – Guide de l’épigraphiste – The New Pauly (via UB site / bibliotheek) – Vergelijkbare naslagwerken Guide: GVI = W. Peek, Griechische Vers-Inschriften I: die Grab- Epigrammen, Berlin 1955 Alternative ways to refer to the same: GV (abbreviations SEG); Peek, GV(I); ---

2) concordances Claros (GVI, as Claros wants it abbreviated): GVI 1365=1960Grabgedichte 476 GVI 1365=1980Pfohl, Griechische Inschriften 32 GVI 1365=1992Del Barrio, EFG 559 GVI 1365=1998Hansen, Gravestone 24 GVI 1365=2001SEG ) Carry on from there, e.g. Pfohl 32 : text, translation AND more references CIG 6310 Kaibel 627 IG GV 1365 GG 476 Herrlinger, Totenklage um Tiere, pp. 40v.

4) Push on Google: μή, δέομαι, γελάσῃς εἰ κυνός ἐστι τάφος dog greek epitaph

Google: epitaph dog greek / latin / roman / antiquity – Richmond Lattimore, Themes in Greek and Roman Epitaphs (1962), p. 107: μή, δέομαι, γελάσῃς εἰ κυνός ἐστι τάφος = Kaibel, Epigrammata Graeca 627 – Reinhold Merkelbach and Josef Stauber, Steinepigramme aus dem griechischen Osten. Band 4: Die Südküste Kleinasiens, Syrien und Palaestina (2002) 18/01/28 – CIL – L. Bodson, in: Anthony L. Podberscek, Elizabeth S. Paul, James A. Serpell (eds), Companion Animals and Us: Exploring the Relationships Between People and Pets (2000)

Another point of departure: a paraphrase (see the 2nd assignment) 2.1 think of a strategy (clever searches etc) and start at a low level: googling, browsing through databases… 2.2 if only you manage to get hold of an epigraphic reference, then you have an entry point (you know how to handle a reference – see above and compare the 1st assignment)

2nd assignment Find one or more inscriptions that answer to the following description: 1)epitaph of a Batavian who was an imperial body guard and died at the age of 37 2)dedication honouring two benefactors responsible for refurbishing a Pompeian theatre 3)epitaph for someone who lived to a ripe old age (>80) 4)A reference to the poetry of Vergil in Roman Britain see next slide

5) epitaph of Dalmatius who was so good at languages 6) epitaph for a pet animal – but not a dog 7) an inscription concerning a miraculous cure – but not from Epidauros 8) epitaph of someone murdered