Verse honours for Pytheas
created: Transcription (Roueché).
source date: Late fifth century.
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ἄϲτυ θεῆϲ Παφίηϲ καὶ Πυθέου, ἡ μὲν ὀρθῶϲα
τὴν [...]οἷα θεὴ [...] πόλιν [...]ον
χορε[...] ν νηὸν γὰρ ἐπαϲϲυτέροιϲιν ἐπ' ἔργοιϲ
ὄλβου ἀφειδείων κτίϲϲεν ἀπαρχόμενοϲ

[^a1: at 4: ὀρθῶσα | ὁρῶσα [suggested by Alan Cameron]]

[^a2: at 5: ΟΙΑΘΕΗ | οἷα θεὴ]

[^a3: at 8: χορϲ | Χορσ | Χορε]

[^a4: at 8: ΝΝΗΟΝ | N νηὸν]

City of the Paphian goddess and of Pytheas: she, for her part, having exalted has given blessings appropriate to a goddess to the city [...] while he in addition to constant works, unsparing of his wealth, has built [...] as an offering.

Stadt der Paphischen Göttin und des Pytheas! Sie blickt als Göttin gnädig auf die Stadt; er führt ein Bauwerk nach dem anderen auf, spendet reichlich von seinen Reichtum und gründet Gaben spendend (die Stadt neu)

City of the Paphian goddess and of Pytheas: she looking at the city . . . (? gave blessings) as of a goddess; while he, in addition to his abundant works, unsparing of his wealth, has built ? a temple [ . . . ] as an offering

For Pytheas see also , , , .

[...] base in 1962-64, statue in 1962-3 (62.484, 62.489, 63.72).

[...] 56 and plate xiv, whence [...] 726 , [...] 02/09/19 , [...] 56, whence [...] 148; [...] 2.20; [...] 11, whence [...] 58.1168