Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

ολοπληθος

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 4 Graffito Length: 33 Min Letter Height: 3 Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus	The letters are all clumsily made, and we have debated whether they are letters at all. The word πλῆθος is, however, highly plausible in this context, where spectators appear in D28.8 and perhaps a spectator in D29.3. There is no compound word ὁλοπλῆθος known, and it seems more prudent to suppose ὅλο(ν) πλῆθος (“the whole people”) than to invent a new word.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 300.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00298, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00298> [accessed: 13 Oct 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03