N/A. English: Imaginary portrait of Epictetus. Engraved frontispiece of Edward Ivie’s Latin translation (or versification) of Epictetus’ Enchiridon, printed in Oxford in 1751. Original title of the book: “Epicteti Enchiridion Latinis versibus adumbratum. Per Eduardum Ivie A. M. Ædis Christi Alumn. […] Oxoniæ, Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXV. […]” The subscription is an epigramm from the Anthologia Palatina (VII 676) and reads: , ’ , , . “I was Epictetus the slave, and not sound in all my limbs, and poor as Irus, and beloved by the gods.” (Irus is the beggar in the Odyssey.) Deutsch: Phanta
N/A. English: Imaginary portrait of Epictetus. Engraved frontispiece of Edward Ivie’s Latin translation (or versification) of Epictetus’ Enchiridon, printed in Oxford in 1751. Original title of the book: “Epicteti Enchiridion Latinis versibus adumbratum. Per Eduardum Ivie A. M. Ædis Christi Alumn. […] Oxoniæ, Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXV. […]” The subscription is an epigramm from the Anthologia Palatina (VII 676) and reads: , ’ , , . “I was Epictetus the slave, and not sound in all my limbs, and poor as Irus, and beloved by the gods.” (Irus is the beggar in the Odyssey.) Deutsch: Phantasieporträt Epiktets. Radierung als Frontispiz zu Edward Ivies lateinischer Übersetzung (bzw. Versifikation) von Epiktets Enchiridon, erschienen Oxford 1751. Originaltitel des Buches: „Epicteti Enchiridion Latinis versibus adumbratum. Per Eduardum Ivie A. M. Ædis Christi Alumn. […] Oxoniæ, Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXV. […]“ Das als Bildunterschrift dienende griechische Epigramm stammt aus der Anthologia Palatina (VII 676) und lautet übersetzt in etwa: „Ich war der Sklave Epiktet, mit verkrüppeltem Körper, ein Iros wegen meiner Armut und der Unsterblichen Freund.“ (Iros ist der Bettler in der Odyssee.) . 1715. Frontispiece drawn by “Sonnem.” ( hard to read, left bottom corner) and engraved by “MB” (bottom right corner). Image scanned by the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Image slightly improved by Aristeas. 520 Epicteti Enchiridion Latinis versibus adumbratum (Oxford 1715) frontispiece
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