AE 1928, 0005. (B) = A.B. West, Corinth. 8, 2. (Cambridge [Mass.] 1931) 1-4, Nr. 1 = B.D. Meritt, Corinth. 8, 1 (Cambridge [Mass.] 1931) 37, Nr. 31 = CIL 01 (2. ed.) 02, 02662. (Q11968)

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Verse inscription from Corinth
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AE 1928, 0005. (B) = A.B. West, Corinth. 8, 2. (Cambridge [Mass.] 1931) 1-4, Nr. 1 = B.D. Meritt, Corinth. 8, 1 (Cambridge [Mass.] 1931) 37, Nr. 31 = CIL 01 (2. ed.) 02, 02662.
Verse inscription from Corinth

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    HD023476
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    177143
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    Learn of a deed which no-one has either ever attempted..., so that we may exalt with the fame the exploits of a hero. Under the auspices of Marcus Antonius a fleet was transported over the Isthmus and sent across the sea. He himself set out on his journey to Sida, the propraetor Hirrus based the fleet at Athens in view of the season of the year. All this was achieved within a few days with great prudence and no danger; there was hardly any turmoil. Upright men are full of praise, those who are of the opposite disposition, of envy; let them envy...
    E. Courtney
    Musa Lapidaria. A Selection of Latin Verse Inscriptions
    Atlanta, Georgia
    1995
    44-45, nr. 15
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