Clarke, Joseph Thacher: Report on the investigations at Assos, 1881 (Boston, 1882)

INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1881. 141

IIoirAia) OvapLO) P. Vario

II<wrAi[o]u vlS 'Avcijvcns P. F. Aniensis

'AkvlX.0. Aquilae

If the copy is correct, we have the genitive UonXiav. 'Aviijvins repre-
sents the Latin genitive Aniensis.

V.

This inscription, of the Roman period, is the touching tribute of a
Lesbian youth, named Anaxeos, to the memory of his dog Parthenope.
Similar epitaphs of animals may be found in the Anthol. Palat. vii. 207,
208, 2ii, 212. A figure of the dog in bas-relief is cut upon the stone
above the inscription. The stone was found in Mytilene, in the autumn
of 1880, by workmen who were digging the cellar of a mill.

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TATTHNTePIftyAHCANTIAIAOTCXAPITA
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6TlSr0TC0TCATPO*eiCHM AAEAOJfXe TOAB

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lavrrjv repirmkrjs cbriSiSous ^apira.
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Ewovs owra Tpo<f>ei arjfia \.e\ov)(£ ToSe.
Es too' bpwv, xpyjcrTov troiov <)>i\ov, os ere TrpoOvp-wn

Kai tjjivra. orepyoi Kal veicpbv ap.<f>UTroi.

Parthenope his dog, with whom in life
It was his wont to play, Anaxeos here
Hath buried ; for the pleasure that she gave
Bestowing this return. Affection, then,
Even in a dog, possesseth its reward,