Epigram 7.254.b

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Épitaphe d'un négociant crétois mort à l'étranger. (M. Yourcenar)

Codex Palatinus 23 p. 245

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Κρὴς γενεὰν Βρόταχος Γορτύνιος ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι,
οὐ κατὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἐλθών, ἀλλὰ κατ᾽ ἐμπορίην.

— Paton edition

Bròtaco fui, di Gortina, cretese di stirpe. Qui giaccio:
ma non per questo, per commerci venni.
trad. Filippo Maria Pontani

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Κρὴς γενεὰν Βρόταχος Γορτύνιος ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι ,
οὐ κατὰ τοῦτ ἐλθών , ἀλλὰ κατ ἐμπορίην .

I , Brotachos , a Gortynian of Crete , lie here ,
where I came not for this end , but to trade .

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