---
title: Fragments on Imperial Praise
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἐπαίνου Βασιλικοῦ
author: Lyric Mime Work Anonymous
eul_wid: rui-aa
eul_aid: rui
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/anon-lyric-mime-imperial-praise-rui-aa"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Imperial Praise

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἐπαίνου Βασιλικοῦ*

**Author:** Lyric Mime Work Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `rui-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/anon-lyric-mime-imperial-praise-rui-aa)

## Text

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〈? Φοῖβοσ〉 Ἅρματι λευκοπώλῳ ἄρτι Τραιαν[ῷ] συνανατείλας ἥκω σοι, ὦ Δῆμ[ε,] οὐκ ἄγνωστος Φοῖβος θεός ἄνακτα καινὸν Ἀδριανὸν ἀγγελῶν, ᾧ πάντα δοῦλα [δι’] ἀρετήν καὶ πατρὸς τύχην θεοῦ. 〈? Δῆμοσ〉 χαίροντες τοιγαροῦν θύοντες τὰς ἑστίας ἀνάπτωμεν, γέλωσι καὶ μέθαις ταῖς ἀπὸ κρήνης τὰς ψυχὰς ἀνέντες γυμνασίων τε ἀλείμμασι. ὧν πάντων χορηγὸν τὸ πρὸς τὸν κύριον εὐσεβὲς τοῦ στρατηγοῦ φιλότιμόν τε τὸ πρὸς [ἡμᾶς ...]

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