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Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos

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Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos

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The authors publish a new inscription found in re-use in the Gallienic fortification of Lamos (Adanda Kalesi) during fieldwork conducted in 2018. The stone partly preserves 12 lines of a poem composed in distichs. The surviving verses recount battles and heroic deeds in a grand epic style, making extensive use of Homeric vocabulary. There is mention of a man named Mos, of Achilles’ father Peleus (if the restoration proposed here is correct), of Pelasgian troops, «men-destroying» Cilicians and, probably, of the name of the city of Lamos. Comparison with inscriptions from the wider region speaks for a date in the 1st century BC. It is suggested that the poem constitutes evidence of a conscious effort to include Cilician Lamos in the Hellenistic cultural tradition and to dispel associations of barbarism attached to Rough Cilicians. It is pointed out that Homer may have served the citizens of Lamos particularly well as a source of prestige because Lamos alone among cities in this region could claim to be mentioned in the Homeric Epics.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Teşekkür

We would like to thank the General Directorate of Culture Heritage and Museums for the permission to work in Western Rough Cilicia as well as the University of Akdeniz and AKMED for financing our field survey. We are grateful to Christopher P. Jones (Harvard) and Peter Thonemann (Oxford) for comments and criticism; all remaining errors are ours.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dilbilim

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

24 Aralık 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

19 Temmuz 2019

Kabul Tarihi

15 Eylül 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 5

Kaynak Göster

APA
Adak, M., & Kokkınıa, C. (2019). Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos. PHILIA, 5, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.201901
AMA
1.Adak M, Kokkınıa C. Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos. PHILIA. 2019;5:1-19. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.201901
Chicago
Adak, Mustafa, ve Christina Kokkınıa. 2019. “Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos”. PHILIA 5 (Aralık): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.201901.
EndNote
Adak M, Kokkınıa C (01 Aralık 2019) Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos. PHILIA 5 1–19.
IEEE
[1]M. Adak ve C. Kokkınıa, “Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos”, PHILIA, c. 5, ss. 1–19, Ara. 2019, doi: 10.36991/PHILIA.201901.
ISNAD
Adak, Mustafa - Kokkınıa, Christina. “Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos”. PHILIA 5 (01 Aralık 2019): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.36991/PHILIA.201901.
JAMA
1.Adak M, Kokkınıa C. Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos. PHILIA. 2019;5:1–19.
MLA
Adak, Mustafa, ve Christina Kokkınıa. “Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos”. PHILIA, c. 5, Aralık 2019, ss. 1-19, doi:10.36991/PHILIA.201901.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Adak, Christina Kokkınıa. Homer in Rough Cilicia: A Late Hellenistic Metrical Inscription from Lamos. PHILIA. 01 Aralık 2019;5:1-19. doi:10.36991/PHILIA.201901