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ὑπ’ ὀψὲ ὄρη Πάρις
ΠΕ++Ε+ΟΡΕΦ[---]
χρυσο̣[---]

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
+	Illegible/unclear character

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 15 Graffito Length: 120 Min Letter Height: 7 Max Letter Height: 12
Apparatus Criticus	1. One may be tempted to see here a garbled reminiscence of Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 10.207: ὀψὲ δέ οἰ ἐπόρουσε Πάρις. But Quintus is probably too late for this to be a plausible explanation; we cannot offer any better one. The first graffito is written over, or is overwritten by the second one.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 326-327.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00321, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00321> [accessed: 13 Oct 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03