Epigram 9.697

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On the Portico of the Basilica in Constantinople

Codex Palatinus 23, p.474

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ἔπρεπε σοί, Θεόδωρε, Τύχης ἐυκίονα νηὸν;
ἔργου κοσμῆσαι θαύματι τοσσατίου,
δῶρά τε κυδήεντα πορεῖν χ;χρυσάσπιδι Ῥώμῃ,
ἥ ς1᾽ Ὕπατον τεῦξεν, καὶ τρισέπαρχον ὁρᾷ.

— Paton edition

It beseemed thee, Theodorus, to adorn the columned
temple of Fortune¹ by such a wonderful work, and to
give splendid gifts to Constantinople, city of the
golden shield, which made thee consul² and sees thee
for the third time prefect.

— Paton edition

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Paton Edition: 1 The same as the Basilica. 2 a.d. 399.

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