Graffito
discite: dum vivo mors
inimica venis
| Findspot |
Pompeii,
Vicolo btw IX.3 and IX.4 and extension
(IX.5.16-19)
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|---|---|
| Precise Location | L of IX.5.18, facade |
| Language | Latin |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus et mensurae secundum (1) Sententiae adsimiles in sepulcris extant. Evocat Verg. Copa 38: Mors aurem vellens 'vivite' ait, 'venio' (4) (5) et Sen. Hercules Furens 177-178:...dum fata sinunt, vivite laeti... (4). Cf. alia exempla: CLE 485; 486; 802; 803; 1231 (2) (5) |
| Bibliography | CIL 04, 05112 (1), cf. p. 1871 (2) CLE 1491 (3) M. Gigante, Civiltà delle Forme Letterarie nell'antica Pompei, Napoli 1979, p. 165 (4) E. Courtney, Musa Lapidaria. A Selection of Latin Verse Inscriptions, Atlanta 1995, p. 281 (5) A. Cooley - M.G.L. Cooley, Pompeii: A Sourcebook, London 2004, p. 111 (6) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR193271 (7) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR193271 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR193271, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR193271> [accessed: 08 Oct 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Alessandra Tafaro Last Revision: 2024-09-28 |