Fragments on the Galatian WarἈποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Γαλατικοῦ Πολέμου
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The Fragments on the Galatian War are two brief passages of elegiac poetry preserved within a larger corpus of anonymous elegiac works. Written in the traditional elegiac couplet form, which was often employed for themes of war and commemoration, these fragments lack their original narrative context. They are believed to reference a military conflict between Greek or Roman forces and the Celtic Galatians of Anatolia, possibly the Roman campaign of 189 BCE, though the specific historical event is not detailed within the surviving text. The content, as suggested by the title and genre, likely engaged with common themes of historical elegy, such as the conduct of warfare, the commemoration of military deeds, the nature of cultural conflict, and lamentation for the fallen. Transmitted as part of an anonymous poetic collection, likely through later anthological or scholarly quotation, the original complete poem is lost. These fragments hold significance primarily for modern scholarship, contributing to the understanding of Hellenistic or later historical elegy and the poetic reception of military history in the ancient world.
| 1 (t) | Aurea Aetas [ ]ης ἀντὶ γεωτομίης· [ Γλαύ]κῳ Λυκίῳ, ὅτε σιφλὸς ἔπειγ̣ε̣ ἀνθ’ ἑκατομβοί]ων ἐννεάβοια λαβεῖν. [ σ]μινύην πέλεκυν π̣[ [ θη]κτὴν ἀμφοτέρῳ στόμα[τι [ ]ηνος ὀροιτύπος ἐργάζη[ται [ γα]ί̣ης ὀκρυόειν ἔδαφος. [ ]ι̣σκεν ἐνὶ σπόρον οὔτε ν[ [ Κρο]ν̣ί̣δ̣ου δῶρα κυθηγενέος· [ ]ο σαρωνίδας οὖδας ε̣νε̣[ [ ]ν δαῖτα παλαιοτάτην [ ]ν ἐς αὔλιδα [ [ ] δ’ εἰς ἔριν ἀντὶ ῥ[ [ ] .. κ̣ος η καὶ π[ .... .... [ ]δεν [ [ ]νι [ [ ]εεις [ [ ] . ο̣υ [ .... |
| 2 (t) | Papyrus Hamburgensis; De Galatis [ .... πρ]όσθε πύλης καὶ τείχεος α .... [ [ ...... ]ην ταύτην ἤνυες ἀγγελίην. [” ........ ]νης, ὦ[ν]α, διὰ στόματος λόγου [ἀρχή,] [ὄζουσα ὡς ἱ]ερῆς ἔρνεα φυταλίης [ ........ ὀ]πίσω ῥυπαρῆς στάχυες τρ̣ι̣[βόλοιο.”] [Εἶπας ἀ]ναγγέλλων εἰς βασιλῆα λόγο[ν.] [Χὠ μὲν] ἐπεὶ μάλα πάντα δι’ οὔατος ἔκλ̣[υε μῦθον] [ὠργίσθη, βρι]αρὸν δ’ αὐτίκα ἄνεσχε λόγ[ον]· [“Ἁνέρε]ς ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ μ̣[άλ’ ὦκα] [οἴσουσι]ν̣ ταύτης μισθὸν ἀτασθαλίης, [γνώσον]ται δὲ μαθόντες, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἀρεί̣[ονας ἄλλους] [ἡμεῖς] εἰς κρατερὴν δουλοσύνην ἔθεμ̣[εν.] ..... ]η̣ς Μήδοισι βαθυκτεάνοισιν ὁμ[οίως] ...... ]σασθαι θοῦρος ἀνὴρ Γαλάτης. Οὐ γὰρ πο]ρφυρέοισιν ἐν εἵμασιν οὐδὲ μύ̣ρ̣ο̣ι̣σ̣[ιν] [κοιμᾶται] μαλακὸν χρῶτα λιπαινόμενο[ς], ἀλλὰ χά]μευνα Διός τε καὶ αἰθριάα[ι] ἐ̣ν̣ι̣[αυτόν]. |