Transcript Epitaphs
Epitaphs and Funerary Art What will they say about us when we are dead? Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum of Augustus Photo from livius.org Mausoleum of Hadrian Roman sarcophagus with married couple The couple are clasping right hands (dextrarum iunctio) with Cupid holding a wedding torch. Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988 cinerary urn name of dead woman is Thana Ancarui Thelesa; Etruscan, 150-100 BCE London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999 sarcophagus of male child with relief of Prometheus story Roman, third century CE Capitoline museum, Rome. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979 Sarcophagus of "the Magnate" Tarquinia. Credits: Susan Bonvallet, 1994 Sarcophagus of a Roman man and his wife, in the Louvre. SLIDES OF JO ANN HAUGHTON Etruscan sarcophagus of the Married Couple from Banditaccia SLIDES OF SUE OLSEN Sarcophagus of the Married Couple Photos from http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4163/files/main.html Sarcophagus of the Married Couple Photos from http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4163/files/main.html Cavalry Tombstone of Longinus Barbara F. McManus Cavalry Tombstone of M. Aemilius Durises Barbara F. McManus Epitaphs at the Capitoline Museum Bill Thayer’s “Lacus Curtius” L. Avillus Dionysius, horse trainer Translated: Aquilo, ?grandfoal of Aquilo, won 130 races, placed 88 times, and showed 37 times. Hirpinus, ?foal of Aquilo, won 114 races, placed 56 times, and showed 36 times. To the gods of the afterlife: Claudia Helice erected this for Lucius Avillus Dionysius, trainer of the Red Team, her most worthy spouse. Photo and translation from Lacus Curtius Numerius Quinctius, an actor 1 NVMERIVS QVINCTIVS · )) · LIBERTVS · COMICVS · SIBI · ET · QVINCTIAE · PRIMILLAE COLLIBERTAE · ET · CONIVGI · SVAE · VIXI · CVM · EA · ANNOS · XXX · Translated: In line 1, ) would stand for an (unnamed) woman: )) stands for two women; or, conceivably, several. Numerius Quinctius, a former slave freed by women, an actor: for myself and for Quinctia Primilla who was freed with me and was my wife. I lived with her 30 years. Photo and translation from Lacus Curtius Epitaphs A • sumus mortales, immortales non sumus • nihil sumus et fuimus mortales. respice, lector, in nihil ab nihilo quam cito recidimus. Epitaph B • T. Cissonius, Quinti filius, Sergianus, veteranus legionis quintae Gallicae. Dum vixi, bibi libenter. Bibite vos qui vivitis. Epitaphs C • virum expecto meum. • sustineo in aeterno toro adventum tuum. Epitaphs D • rogo te, viator, monumento huic nil male feceris. • ne quis hic urinam faciat. • quod feceris et tibi alius faciet. Epitaphs E • hic sita est Amymone Marci optima et pulcherrima lanifica pia pudica frugalis casta domiseda • hic iacet Helpidius fatis extinctus iniquis egregius iuvenis, causarum orator honestus. qui vixit annos XX. Epitaphs F • stans exit. • D(is) m(anibus) et memoriae aetern(ae). L(uci) Secundi Octavi, Treveri, acerbissima morte defuncti, qui cum ex incendio seminudus effugisset, posthabita cura salutis, dum aliquit e flammis eripere conatur, ruina parietis oppressus naturae socialem spiritum corpusque origini reddidit… Epitaphs G • pater filio quod filius patri facere debuerat. • t(u) m(ihi) d(ebueras) f(acere), n(on) ego tibi. Epitaph H • quod tu es ego fui, quod nunc sum et tu eris. Your turn! • “Hic iacet Magistra, in ludo extincta, docta, amata, beata. Viator, disce et sape!” • Epitaph Worksheet: Fill in the blanks following steps 1-4. • Show worksheet to teacher for approval. • When approved, design a construction paper tombstone with your epitaph.