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CHAPTER VIII. —GRAVESTONES.
In entering · upon this numerous class of inscrip-
tions reference should at once be made to the
valuable work of Professor Kumanudes, ’Αττικής
’Επιγραφαι ’Επιτύμβιοι (Athens, 1871), in which he
has collected all the sepulchral inscriptions found in
Attika up to that time. Including seventeen mili-
tary epitaphs (cp. chapter iii, ante) they number
over four thousand, whereas the collection in Bockh’s
Corpus did not amount to five hundred. This ex-
tensive study (chiefly at first-hand) of a very inter-
esting class of inscriptions has enabled Professor
Kumanudes to arrive at some valuable results,
which are summed up in his preface. To this I
shall have frequently to refer. Although my con-
cern in this chapter is with the inscriptions alone,
yet the monuments themselves, on which they are
inscribed, have deservedly met with considerable at-
tention. The preface of Professor Kumanudes con-
tains a careful classification of the various forms of
Attic Gravestones ; and the sumptuous work of
Baron Stackelberg (Die Graber der Elellenen, Berl.,
1837), and the useful treatise of Pervanoglu (Die
Grabsteine der alten Griechen, Leipz., 1863) leave
nothing to be desired in the way of illustration. As
to the meaning of the enigmatical banquet-scenes
often found upon Greek sepulchral monuments the
following Essays are worth consulting:—A. Hol-
lander, De Anaglyphis sepulchralibus Graecis,
Berlin, 1865 ; and P. Pervanoglu, Das Familienmahl
auf altgriech. Grabsteinen, Leipz., 1872.
I have followed Bockh in the arrangement of
these sepulchral inscriptions thus : — (1) Epitaphs of
Athenian citizens, in the order of their demes;
(2) Epitaphs of foreigners ; (3) Various. An alpha-
betical order has been strictly preserved.
LXXV.
A sepulchral vase of white marble discovered at Athens; engraved in Stuart’s Athens, i. p. 52, PI. xxii; more faithfully in Dodwell’s
Tour, i. p. 454; Museum Marbles, ix. pl. 33. 2. Immediately beneath the inscription is a relief representing a male figure stand-
ing and bidding farewell to a seated female figure. Height, 2 ft. 4 in.; diameter, 1 ft. 5 in. Published also by Clarke, Travels,
pt. ii. sect. ii. p. 594; Osann, Sylloge, p. 118; C. I. 560; Kuman. 105.
ΠΑΜφίΛΟΞΜΕΙΞΙΑΔΟΥ: ΑΡΧΙΓΓΗ
ΑΙΓΙΛΙΕΥί: ΜΕΙΞΙΑΔΟΥ
Πάμφιλος Μΐίξιάδον Αίγιλίΐύς. Άρχίππη Μειξιάδου.
Bockh wrongly edits ΜΕΙ-ΙΑΔΟΥ. Pamphilos
and Archippe are brother and sister. They doubt-
less belong to the same family with ‘ Archippe
daughter of Meixiades, Prokleides son of Pamphilos,
and Prokles son of Prokleides,’ all of this same
deme, whose funeral inscription is given by Ku-
manudes, No. 97. The name Mag ίππος Αΐγιλκύς
occurs also ibid., No. 102.
On the employment and significance of marble
vases in Attika as sepulchral monuments, see the
note on No. lxxx.
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In entering · upon this numerous class of inscrip-
tions reference should at once be made to the
valuable work of Professor Kumanudes, ’Αττικής
’Επιγραφαι ’Επιτύμβιοι (Athens, 1871), in which he
has collected all the sepulchral inscriptions found in
Attika up to that time. Including seventeen mili-
tary epitaphs (cp. chapter iii, ante) they number
over four thousand, whereas the collection in Bockh’s
Corpus did not amount to five hundred. This ex-
tensive study (chiefly at first-hand) of a very inter-
esting class of inscriptions has enabled Professor
Kumanudes to arrive at some valuable results,
which are summed up in his preface. To this I
shall have frequently to refer. Although my con-
cern in this chapter is with the inscriptions alone,
yet the monuments themselves, on which they are
inscribed, have deservedly met with considerable at-
tention. The preface of Professor Kumanudes con-
tains a careful classification of the various forms of
Attic Gravestones ; and the sumptuous work of
Baron Stackelberg (Die Graber der Elellenen, Berl.,
1837), and the useful treatise of Pervanoglu (Die
Grabsteine der alten Griechen, Leipz., 1863) leave
nothing to be desired in the way of illustration. As
to the meaning of the enigmatical banquet-scenes
often found upon Greek sepulchral monuments the
following Essays are worth consulting:—A. Hol-
lander, De Anaglyphis sepulchralibus Graecis,
Berlin, 1865 ; and P. Pervanoglu, Das Familienmahl
auf altgriech. Grabsteinen, Leipz., 1872.
I have followed Bockh in the arrangement of
these sepulchral inscriptions thus : — (1) Epitaphs of
Athenian citizens, in the order of their demes;
(2) Epitaphs of foreigners ; (3) Various. An alpha-
betical order has been strictly preserved.
LXXV.
A sepulchral vase of white marble discovered at Athens; engraved in Stuart’s Athens, i. p. 52, PI. xxii; more faithfully in Dodwell’s
Tour, i. p. 454; Museum Marbles, ix. pl. 33. 2. Immediately beneath the inscription is a relief representing a male figure stand-
ing and bidding farewell to a seated female figure. Height, 2 ft. 4 in.; diameter, 1 ft. 5 in. Published also by Clarke, Travels,
pt. ii. sect. ii. p. 594; Osann, Sylloge, p. 118; C. I. 560; Kuman. 105.
ΠΑΜφίΛΟΞΜΕΙΞΙΑΔΟΥ: ΑΡΧΙΓΓΗ
ΑΙΓΙΛΙΕΥί: ΜΕΙΞΙΑΔΟΥ
Πάμφιλος Μΐίξιάδον Αίγιλίΐύς. Άρχίππη Μειξιάδου.
Bockh wrongly edits ΜΕΙ-ΙΑΔΟΥ. Pamphilos
and Archippe are brother and sister. They doubt-
less belong to the same family with ‘ Archippe
daughter of Meixiades, Prokleides son of Pamphilos,
and Prokles son of Prokleides,’ all of this same
deme, whose funeral inscription is given by Ku-
manudes, No. 97. The name Mag ίππος Αΐγιλκύς
occurs also ibid., No. 102.
On the employment and significance of marble
vases in Attika as sepulchral monuments, see the
note on No. lxxx.
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