Cut These Words into My Stone: Ancient Greek Epitaphs

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CUT THESE WORDS INTO MY STONE Also by Michael Wolfe Verse How Love Gets Around, 1974 World Your Own, 1976 No, You Wore Red, 1980 Paradise: Reading Notes, 2010 Greek to Me, 2012 Travel In Morocco, 1980 The Hadj: An American’s Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1993 One Thousand Roads to Mecca, 1997 Essays Taking Back Islam, 2003 CUT THESE WORDS INTO MY STONE z Ancient Greek Epitaphs Translated by Michael Wolfe Foreword by Richard P. Martin The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2013 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wolfe, Michael, 1945– Cut these words into my stone : ancient Greek epitaphs / translated by Michael Wolfe; foreword by Richard P. Martin pages. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4214-0803-3 (hdbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-0804-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-0805-7 (electronic) — ISBN 1-4214-0803-1 (hdbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4214-0804-X (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4214-0805-8 (electronic) 1. Epitaphs — Greece. I. Title. CN375.E6W65 2013 929′.5—dc23 2012020457 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. For my tutors in Greek over the years Dudley Fitts and Kevin Whitfield and Andy Gaus In Memoriam Violet Fosdick and David Wolfe Tekla Fosdick and Harry Grace Holly Grace Spivak Catherine and Frank Summa z This page intentionally left blank ...