Amisos’ta Müjdeci Aziz Yuhanna. Bir Hıristiyan Mezar Yazıtı Üzerine Not

Abstract

Bu makalede, Amisos teritoryumundan bir mezar yazıtının olası metrik karakteri ve edebi ilhamları tar­tı­şılmaktadır. Ad sanctos bir gömüyü gösteren örnek bir Yunanca yazıt olarak sıkça atıfta bulunul­masın­dan dolayı yazıt ilgiyi hak etmektedir. Buna rağmen, yazıtın metrik yapısı bugüne kadar açık bir şekilde hiçbir yerde belirtilmemiş ve onunla ilişkili olarak detaylı bir yorum yapılmamıştır. Yazarın düşün­cesine göre, yazıt bozuk bir heksametron vezin ve İbranilere Mektup’taki (Hbr 9,12) bir pasajdan esin­lenmiş tekdüze bir bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci heksametron, ilk olarak Oppian’ın Cynegetica’sında, da­ha sonra ise Yunan Antolojisi’nde ve çeşitli erken dönem Hıristiyan yazarlarının eserlerinde belge­lenen σοί, μάκαρ daktil kullanımı dolayısıyla özellikle ilginçtir.

Keywords

• Amisos,Hıristiyan Mezar Yazıtı,Müjdeci Aziz Yuhanna,μάκαρ

St. John the Forerunner in Amisus: A note on a Christian epitaph

Abstract

In the present paper I discuss the possible metric character and literary inspirations of an epitaph from the territory of Amisus. The inscription deserves attention as it is often cited as a model Greek inscription attesting to a burial ad sanctos. However, its possible metric nature has never been expressly stated and there is no detailed commentary associated with it so far. In my opinion, the inscription consists of a clumsy hexameter verse followed by a prosaic section inspired by a passage from the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hbr 9,12). The initial hexameter is especially interesting because of the usage of the dactyl, σοί, μάκαρ, which is first attested in Oppian’s Cynegetica, then in the Greek Anthology and in works of several early Christian writers.

Keywords

• Amisus,Christian epitaph,St. John the Forerunner,μάκαρ,religious poetry

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