Funerary verse for Pytheas
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source date: Late fifth century
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Οὐδὲ θανὼν κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσας ἐς χθόνα πᾶσαν,
ἀλλ' ἔτι σῆς ψυχῆς ἀγλαὰ πᾶντα μένει,
ὅσσ' ἔλαχές τε φύσει, μῆτιν πανάριστε·
τῷ ῥα καὶ ἐς μακάρων νῆσον ἔβης, Πυθέα.

Not even after death have you lost your fine reputation in the whole earth, but still all the splendid achievements of your soul remain - both those which you inherited, and those which you learnt, according to your nature, most excellent in intellect. So now, Pytheas, you have also gone to the Island of the Blest.

Nicht einmal als Gestorbener hast du deinen weltweiten grossen Ruhm verloren, sondern all das Glänzende deines Wesens ist alles erhalten geblieben, was deine Anlage war und was du nach deiner Natur erlernt hast, du allerbester im Planen; darum bist du auch, Pytheas, zu dem Inseln der Seligen gelangt/

This epigram, preserved only in the Greek Anthology, was very probably inscribed at Aphrodisias for Pytheas, for whom see , , , .

An epigram either recorded, almost certainly at Aphrodisias, by a Byzantine copyist, or intended for inscription at Aphrodisias

[...] 7.690 , whence [...] 1514, [...] p. 95, [...] 02/09/22 , [...] 250, [...] 15.361.