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Euphranor of Rhamnous, Aged 105, the Most Fortunate Athenian.

The article critiques Euphranor of Rhamnous which includes verses describing him as the Most Fortunate Athenian, being the first to die among the descendants. The article provides discussion of a Greek epithet and other Athenian verse epitaphs, and the figurative reference of death being compared to...

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Published in:Greek, Roman & Byzantine Studies Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 27 - 38
Main Author: Lougovaya, Julia
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Duke University Spring2008
Subjects:
Criticism
Literature
Rhamnous Site (Greece)
Epithets
Epigram
Death
Metaphor
Athens (Greece)
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Summary:The article critiques Euphranor of Rhamnous which includes verses describing him as the Most Fortunate Athenian, being the first to die among the descendants. The article provides discussion of a Greek epithet and other Athenian verse epitaphs, and the figurative reference of death being compared to sleep. Details of death are shown in inscriptional funerary verses in the archaic period which gives Euphranor's epigram a metaphorical equation of death to sleep in its different ends.