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49^ EPISTLE OF S. POLYCARP.<br />

was engraved on three sides of a nearly square block of marble. The fragment<br />

remaining occupies one side, apparently the middle of the three, as it includes vv. 7<br />

—<br />

15 of the 22 verses of which the epitaph consists.<br />

We may now restore the whole inscription with tolerable confidence, using this<br />

threefold help: (i) The text in the Life; (2) The fragments on the stone; (3) The<br />

imitation on the tomb of Alexander.<br />

'EkAckthc noAeooc o noAiTHC toyt enomcA<br />

ZCON, Fn' e'xoC) KAiptu<br />

CCOMATOC cnGa GeciN.<br />

oynom' 'ABepKioc eiMi maOhthc noiMeNOC AfNOY,<br />

oc BdcKei npoBATooN AreAAc dpeciN neAi'oic t6,<br />

5 dc{)6AAM0YC dc e'xei MefAAoyc hanth KA9opooNTAC"<br />

OYTOC TAp m' 6AlAA5e...rpAV.MATA niCTA"<br />

eic 'PooMHN dc eneMyeN smgn BaciAhan ABpflcAi<br />

KAi Baci'Aiccan lAeiN xpycdcToAoN xpyconeAiAoN.<br />

AAON a' GIAON eKei AAlWnpAN c4)pAr6AAN e)(ONTA'<br />

10 KAI ZypiHc neAoN eAA kai actga hanta, Ni'ciBin,<br />

EycjjpATHN AiaBac" nANTH a' ec)(ON cyNOMiAoyc*<br />

TTAyAoN e)(oaN end[MHN], nicric hanth At npoflre,<br />

KAI HApeGHKe TpOC})HN nANTH IXQYN AHO nHpHC<br />

nANMere9H, KAGApON, ON eApAlATO nApOeNOC ArNH*<br />

15 KAI ToyroN eneAooKe (})iAoic ecBeiN Aia nANxdc,<br />

oTnon xpucTON e'xoycA, KepACMA AiAoycA met' ApTOy.<br />

TAyxA HApecToac eInoN 'ABepKioc coAe rp'^^'flNAC<br />

eBAOMHKOCTON eVoc KAI AeyrepoN HfON aAhGooc.<br />

TAy9' d NoooN ey^AiTO ynep Moy hac d cyNcoAdc.<br />

20 oy MGNTOi TyMBcp TIC Imu) GTepoN feni0Hcer<br />

61 a' OYN, 'PoOMAi'oON TAMGICp GHCCI AICXIAIA XRYC^z<br />

KAI xpHCTH nATpiAi 'lepondAei x'^i''^ XPYC

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