I.Kyme 46: the funerary inscription of Damodika of Cyme

I.Kyme 46: the funerary inscription of Damodika of Cyme

ca. 1st cent. BCE

funerary inscription

inscription

Other editions include: Merkelbach – Stauber, SGO 05/03/03.

Damodika, daughter of Krates and wife of Hermogenes, son of Asklepiades. Greetings.
My name is Damodika; Hermogenes is my splendid and honorable husband; the one who gave life to me is Krates.
I die not without renown, for I leave behind a child and the fame of having won a glorious victory with the chariot.
I could not see my husband when I died, because he was serving as ambassador in Rome and could not render the final honors.

translation by Melanie Meaker for the Cynisca project

Δαμοδίκα Κρ[άτητος, γυν]ὴ δὲ
Ἑρμογένου τ[ο]ῦ Ἀσ[κλη]πιάδου
χαῖρε.
[οὔ]νομα Δαμοδίκα, πόσις ἀγλαὸς Ἑρμογένης μο[ι]
<τί>μιος, ὁ σπείρας δ’ ἐμ βιοτᾷ με Κράτης·
[θ]νάσκω δ’ οὐκ ἀβόα̣τος, ἐπεὶ καὶ παῖδα λέλοιπ[α]
[κ]α̣ὶ κλέος ἐγ νίκας ἅρματι κυδαλίμ[ας·]
[ἄ]νερα δ’ οὐχ ἰδόμαν ὅτ’ ἀπέπνεον, ἀλλ’ ἐνὶ Ῥώ[μᾳ]
[πρ]εσβεύων πυμάταν οὐκ ἐνέπλησε χάρι[ν]

H. Engelmann (ed.), Die Inschriften von Kyme (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien 5), Bonn 1976.

R. Merkelbach, J. Stauber (eds.), Steinepigramme aus dem griechischen Osten, I: Die Westküste Kleinasiens von Knidos bis Ilion, Stuttgart 1998.

Cyme