Honorific decree of Messene for Publius Cornelius Scipio

No: Ε3

Reference to the file: M. Kantirea, "Nautilos Ε3: Honorific decree of Messene for Publius Cornelius Scipio." in Nautilos. Selection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions and Papyri, online from 2023, withdrawal date XX. URL: https://nautilos.arch.uoa.gr/en/exhibits/exhibit-1-5/

  • No
    Ε3
  • Title
    Honorific decree of Messene for Publius Cornelius Scipio
  • Γραμματέως συνέδρων Φιλοξενίδα τοῦ ἐπὶ Θεοδώ̣[ρου]
                                                          δόγμα·
    Ἐπεὶ Πόπλιος Kορνήλιος Σκειπίων ὁ ταμίας καὶ ἀντιστράταγος ἀνυ-
    περβλήτῳ χρώμενος εὐνοίᾳ τᾷ εἰς τὸν Σεβαστὸν καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐ-
    5 τοῦ πάντα μίαν τε μεγίσταν καὶ τιμιωτάταν εὐχὰν πεποιημένος,
    εἰς ἅπαν ἀβλαβῆ τοῦτον φυλάσσεσθαι, ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστον ἑαυτοῦ
    ἐπιδείκνυται ἔργων, ἐτέλεσε μὲν τὰ Kαισάρεια μηδὲν μήτε δαπάνας
    μήτε φιλοτιμίας ἐνλείπων μηδὲ τᾶς ὑπὲρ τᾶν διὰ τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ θυσιᾶν
    εὐχαριστίας ποτὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἅμα καὶ τὰς πλείστας τῶν κατὰ τὰν ἐπα-                                                                                                     ρχείαν πό-
    10 λεων σὺν ἑαυτῷ τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιεῖν κατασκευασάμενος· ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ                                                                                                      καὶ Γάιον
    τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τὸν ὑπὲρ τᾶς ἀνθρώπων πάντων σωτηρίας τοῖς                                                                                                      βαρβάροις μα-
    χόμενον ὑγιαίνειν τε καὶ κινδύνους ἐκφυγόντα ἀντιτετιμωρῆσθαι τοὺς                                                                                                     πολε-
    μίους, ὑπερχαρὴς ὢν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀρίσταις ἀνγελίαις, στεφαναφορεῖν τε                                                                                                        πάντοις δι-
    έταξε καὶ θύειν, ἀπράγμονας ὄντας καὶ ἀταράχους, αὐτός τε βουθυτῶν                                                                                                                περὶ
    15 τᾶς Γαΐου σωτηρίας καὶ θέαις ἐπεδαψιλεύσατο ποικίλαις, ὡς ἔριν μὲν
    γείνε-
    σθαι τὰ γενόμενα τῶν γεγονότων, τὸ δὲ σεμνὸν αὐτοῦ δι’ ἴσου φυλαχ-                                                                                                       θῆμεν, ἐφιλο-
    τιμήθη δὲ καὶ διαλιπὼν ἀπὸ τᾶν Kαίσαρος ἁμερᾶν ἁμέρας δύο τὰν                                                                                                             ἀρχὰν τᾶν
    ὑπὲρ Γαΐου θυσιᾶν ποιήσασθαι ἀπὸ τᾶς ἁμέρας ἐν ᾇ τὸ πρῶτον ὕπατος                                                                                                     ἀπεδεί-
    χθη· διετάξατο δὲ ἁμῖν καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν τὰν ἁμέραν ταύταν

    μετὰ

    20 θυσιᾶν καὶ στεφαναφορίας διάγειν ὅσοις δυνάμεθα ἱλαρώτατα καὶ [. . . .                                                                                                   .]τατα,
    ἔδοξε τοῖς συνέδροις πρὸ δέκα πέντε καλανδῶν [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -]
  • EDITIONS OF THE TEXT

    Oρλάνδος 1960 [1964]: 215-217; Oρλάνδος 1965: 110-115 (BE 1966: 201; AE 1967: 458; SEG XXIII 206); Μ. Καντηρέα in Ανθολόγιο 59-66: Ε6.

    The edition of the text was based on Μ. Καντηρέα in Ανθολόγιο 59-66: Ε6.

    FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Zetzel 1970; Herz 1993; Rizakis – Zoumbaki – Lepenioti 2004: 529 no 175.

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