Honours for Timagoras
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 320 and 310 BC (Rosamilia)
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 103 (photo), and [...], whence [...], 20.716; [...], p. 455; [...], n. 3; [...], p. 921, whence [...], 30.1783; [...], pp. 149-152; [...] II.850; [...] 033. Cf. [...]; [...]; [...], pp. 203-205 (date), pp. 248-251, number 7, ll. 1-6 (text).

[...] ἀναδήσας
[...] πατρίδος
[...] ἐνὶ δώμασιν ἵππον
[...]. Τιμαγόρας δὲ ἀρετῆι
[...] λυπρῶς τάδ' ὁρᾶι καὶ ἀκούει
[...] μείζονα τήνδε πόλιν.

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[^1: Here begins IGCyr097100]

[...]ἀναδήσας[^a1] [...]πατρίδος[^a2] [...]ἐνὶ δώμασιν ἵππον[^a3] [...]Τιμαγόρας δὲ ἀρετῆι[^a4] [...]λυπρῶς τάδ' ὁρᾶι[^a5] [...]μείζονα τήνδε πόλιν[^a6]

[^a1: [...]ἀναδήσας | [...]αδήσας | πολλάκις ἄλλος μὲν κεφαλὴν στεφάνοις ἀναδήσας | [...]καταδήσας]

[^a2: [...]πατρίδος | [...]δος | νίκαις ηὔξησεν κῦδος ἑῆς πατρίδος]

[^a3: [...]ἐνὶ δώμασιν ἵππον | [...]σώμασιν ἵππον | [...]δώμασιν ἵππον | ἅρματα καλά τ' ἔχων θρέψας τ'ἐνὶ δώμασιν ἵππον]

[^a4: [...]Τιμαγόρας δὲ ἀρετῆι | ὠκυδρόμον, σφετέρηι Τιμαγόρας δὲ ἀρετῆι·]

[^a5: [...]λυπρῶς τάδ' ὁρᾶι | [...]οὐ πρόστα δρᾶι | [...]οὐ πρόστα δ' ὁρᾶι | ὃς δὴ τοῦτο μαθὼν εὖ πρὸς τάδ' ὁρᾶι | [...]υ πρώς τάδ' ὁρᾶι]

[^a6: [...]μείζονα τήνδε πόλιν | αὐτὸς ἕλοιτο τιθεῖν μείζονα τήνδε πόλιν | [...]μείζονα τήνδε πόλιν;]

[...] ayant couronné [...] de la patrie [...] dans sa/leur demeure un cheval [...]. Mais Timagoras par sa valeur [...] il s'afflige de ce spectacle et de cette rumeur [...] accroît le prestige de notre cité.

[...] having crowned [...] of the mother-city [...] in his/their house a horse [...]. But Timagoras with his valour [...] is distressed when seeing and hearing that [...] enhances the prestige of our city.

[...] avendo incoronato [...] della patria [...] nella sua/loro casa un cavallo [...]. Ma Timagoras per il suo valore [...] tristemente vede e ascolta questo [...] più grande questa città.

[---] بعد أن توج [---] من المدينة الأم [---] في منزله أو منازلهم حصاناً [---]. لكن تيماجوراس بشجاعته [---] يشعر بالأحباط عند رؤية وسماع ذلك [---] يعزز مكانة مدينتنا.

About the history of that stone, the publication of which has been long delayed, see commentary at IGCyr097100. Unfortunately the only information we have from Oliverio, who found the stone complete in that part is the following: «Dopo un'introduzione laudativa in versi, esaltanti le gesta di un cittadino illustre, Timagoras, che ha reso celebre la città…». This does not help much to understand the role of Timagoras in the affairs related below, where he is not mentioned again. Did he only give money to the city or did he act directly as an ambassador?

Peeks rightly stresses that δέ after the name of Timagoras shows a new sentence and a new focus. He thus imagined two themes: 1) Many people illustrated the city with their victories in chariot or horse races; 2) Timagoras for his part did it with virtue. If the idea is good, its restoration is akward, with a badly placed δέ and a second theme too short. For Peek developes a third theme at ll. 5-6 and so nobody would learn what Timagoras has done. Bravo adopted this organisation, only changing Peek's optative formulation into a rhetoric question.

It seems more plausible that the second theme was developed from l. 4 on to the end, explaining that Timagoras was moved when seeing his city in a difficult position and acted so as to restore her lost prestige. Whether the first theme (ll. 1-4) was his ancestors' or other citizens' action cannot be decided. On the whole, it seems cautious to drop most of Peek's restorations.

[...] agrees with two themes and suggests that the first one should relate to the events having lead to the establishement of seizure rights against the Cyrenaeans. However, his translation of line 1 with a passive verbe is erroneous and at line 3 the relation between 'bodies' and 'horse' is far from clear.

Although only few of the original text is preserved, the language seems to be poetic and no dialectal feature appears in it, contrasting with the following part in prose.

Metrical analysis: in spite of the important lacunae, there is no doubt that we have here three elegiac couplets.