Epigram 7.208

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Mort d'un cheval. (M. Yourcenar)

Codex Palatinus 23 p. 237
Codex Palatinus 23 p. 238

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μνᾶμα τόδε φθιμένου μενεδαΐου εἵσατο Δᾶμις
ἵππου, ἐπεὶ στέρνον τοῦδε δαφοινὸς Ἄρης
τύψε: μέλαν δέ οἱ αἷμα ταλαυρίνου διὰ χρωτὸς
ζέσσ᾽, ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἀργαλέᾳ βῶλον ἔδευσε φονᾷ.

— Paton edition

Ecco la tomba che Dami levò sul cavallo da guerra,
colpito in petto dal sanguigno dio.
Nero gorgòglio di sangue vi fu tra le carni compatte,
bagnò le zolle nella trista morte.

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

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Genre 7.208

The ownership of a horse in ancient Athens was a symbol of status and wealth. Horses played a central role in war, civic festivals, and funerary rituals. The fact that Damis is depicted to lament his dead horse permits us to suppose that he was a privileged man.

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De 7.189 à 7.216, épigrammes sur les animaux

Il y a là une tradition littéraire particulière, et qui semble avoir eu du succès, puisqu'elle a tenté les meilleurs des poètes

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