Inaugural SpeechΛόγος ἐπιβατήριος
Epic Work Anonymous Inaugural Speech PDF
The Inaugural Speech, known in Greek as an epibatērion, represents a recognized genre of choral poetry performed during ceremonial departures for military or naval expeditions. While the genre itself is attested in ancient sources, no specific anonymous epic work bearing this exact title and described as comprising sixteen verse passages is recorded in extant scholarship. Consequently, there is no known manuscript tradition or fragmentary evidence for such a titled composition. The significance of the entry lies in its clarification of the genre, which illustrates the formal role of choral performance in public rituals marking major communal undertakings in the ancient Greek world. Such works were ceremonial in nature, designed to solemnize the embarkation on a campaign or voyage before a public audience.
| unit_1.1 | [ln_1][].λ̣..[] []τε δεῦρο [] []μενος |
| unit_1.2 | τε[] [] Ἀλεξανδ[ρ][ln_5][]ν̣υ̣ν̣ τινα μ[] [] οὔποτε |
| unit_1.3 | πο[] []ων κυδα̣λ̣[ιμ] []ς· ουσεκα[] []υμαι[][ln_10][προς]έφη |
| unit_1.4 | Τυ[ρίους] []εν ἐς̣ Ἰταλ̣[ίαν] ων []ς̣ ἀδελφει[] []σ̣αν ἀγηνορ̣[] η̣με̣[.....]θ̣η̣βην ἑτερο̣ι̣[][ln_15]οἱ δ’ ἐπὶ μ̣[.....] ἵκοντο καὶ α[] .ο...[.....]ο̣ πρόσθεν ἑορ̣[ταῖς] πάσῃσιν̣ [δ’ ἐκέκα]στο Τύρος |
| unit_1.5 | πορ̣[] νῦν δ’ ἐπι[–⏑⏑].τ̣[οῖ]σι θέμις |
| unit_1.6 | το[] ὁπ̣λό̣τε̣ρ̣οι .[...]ε̣ο̣ν |
| unit_1.7 | προτέρων μ[][ln_20]ὅσ〈σ〉ω̣ν ξειν.[.]....τ̣ε̣ ἐς̣ ἄσ̣τεα η̣[] πατρίδος ἐξε̣λάθον̣τ̣ο καὶ αὐτόθι [ναιετάεσκον.] οἱ δ’ ὁπόταν θ̣[υ]ρ̣ε̣οῖς̣ [δει]ν̣ῶν |
| unit_1.8 | πτόλι[ν ἐκρύσωνται,] ἄψορροι |
| unit_1.9 | στείχουσιν [ἑὴ]ν |
| unit_1.10 | ποτὶ πατ̣ρ̣ί[δα γαῖαν] μᾶλλον ἀγαυότεροι, ναέτῃσι δὲ χ[άρμα π]έ̣λονται. |
| unit_2.1 | [ln_25]τοὺς δ’ αὐτὴ δέχεται |
| unit_2.2 | πα[τρ]ὶς μέγα [κα]γ̣χαλόωσα, μήτηρ οἷα Λάκαινα σὺν ἀσπίδι π[αῖδ]α λαβοῦσα αὖτις ἀφ’ α̣ἱματό̣ε[ν]τ̣ος ἀνερχόμενον |
| unit_2.3 | πολέμοιο. εὖ γὰρ δ̣ὴ τόδε ἴστε π̣[ο]λ̣ὺ̣ [π]λ̣έον ἤπερ ἔγωγε, οἳ καὶ ἐπειρήσ̣α̣σ̣θ̣[ε καὶ] ὄμμασι θηήσασθε,[ln_30]πῶς ὅδ’ ἀν[ὴρ] ἐ̣[φ]έ̣π̣ε[σκ]ε κατ’ ἀντολίη̣ν ἐρα̣τε̣ι̣νή̣ν ἠῴαις |
| unit_2.4 | πτολίεσσι[ν ἐυ]κ̣τ̣ιμέν̣ῃ[σιν ἀρ]ήγων, Μάξιμος ἀντίθ̣ε̣ο̣ς̣, Τυ̣ρ[ί]ων ἀγὸς ἠδ̣’ ἐπα̣[ρωγός,] φαίνων εὐνομίης̣ ἱ̣ερὸν φάος, ἔργα̣ δ’ [ὕ]φ̣[ην]ε̣ κ̣α̣λ̣ὰ̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ ἀμφιβόητ[α], τὰ μ̣ὴ φθίσει ἄσπετ̣ο̣[ς αἰ]ών· |
| unit_3 | [ln_35][ἀλλὰ] τ̣ὰ̣ μ̣ὲ̣ν̣ μολπῇσιν̣ [ἐ]ν εὐρυτέρῃσι[ν] ἀείσω. νζ̣ |
| book 1r | vestigia 36 versuum:[ln_5][... ἀδ]αμα̣ν[τ...][ln_23]πρῶτον[] ἄρχομαι[][ln_25]ταύρου θ[] αὐτόθι δρυ̣[] πολλῶν[][ln_29]ὑ̣μετερ[ln_30]κυδαλίμοισιν[][ln_36]φησε̣ι̣... αὖτις ἱκη[] |