Frontispiece drawn by “Sonnem.” (?, left bottom corner) and engraved by “MB” (bottom right corner). The artist is likely William Sonmans (Sunman). The engraver is Michael Burghers. (Burghers engraved other portraits by Sonmans in this period).
Image scanned by the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. Image slightly improved by Aristeas.
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English: Imaginary portrait of Epictetus. Engraved frontispiece of Edward Ivie’s Latin translation (or versification) of Epictetus’ Enchiridon, printed in Oxford in 1715. 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 epigram from the Anthologia Palatina (VII 676) and reads:
Δοῦλος Ἐπίκτητος γενόμην, καὶ σῶμ’ ἀνάπηρος,
καὶ πενίην Ἶρος, καὶ φίλος ἀθανάτοις.
“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 1715. 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.)
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Illustration of Epictetus in Edward Ivie’s 1715 Latin translation of Enchiridion.
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