The epigram from Edessa again
Abstract
It has been stated earlier31t2hat the Edessa tombstone is that of a young pig killed while being brought to Emathia. The pig is named, described and pictured—once while travelling and again while being run over. The epigram tells us a story, which exactly coincides with the illustration. The evidence for my interpretation is based on the obvious and it takes no flight of fancy to be substantiated.
Imaginative interpretations have been given by others 3, based on a possible meaning of one word or another. The fact that the one word can be interpreted in many ways proves that it is unsafe to take recourse solely in imagination (see p. 300).
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Πέτσας Φ. Μ. (2015). The epigram from Edessa again. Makedonika, 10(1), 287–289. https://doi.org/10.12681/makedonika.774
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