{"epitaph-pectorius/1":{"o":"Ἰχθύος οὐρανίου θεῖον γένος, ἤτορι σεμνῷ\nχρῆσε, λαβὼν ζωὴν ἄμβροτον ἐν βροτέοις·\nθεσπεσίων ὑδάτων τὴν σὴν, φίλε, θάλπεο ψυχήν\nὕδασιν ἀενάοις πλουτοδότου σοφίης.\nΣωτῆρος δ᾽ ἁγίων μελιηδέα λάμβανε βρῶσιν·\nἔσθιε, πῖν᾽ ἄδην, Ἰχθὺν ἔχων παλάμαις.\nἸχθύι χεύοιτ᾽ ἀρὰ λιλαίω, δέσποτα σῶτερ·\nἽλαος μοι ἡγητήρ, σὲ λιτάζομε, φῶς τὸ θανόντων.\nἈσχανδεῖε πάτερ, τὠμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ,\nσὺν μητρὶ γλυκερῇ σύν τ᾽ οἰκείοισιν ἐμοῖσιν,\nἸχθύος εἰρήνῃ μνήσεο Πεκτορίου.","t":"Divine race of the heavenly Fish, keep a holy heart,\nhaving received among mortals immortal life\nfrom divine waters. Refresh your soul, friend,\nwith the ever-flowing waters of wealth-giving wisdom.\nReceive the honey-sweet food of the Saviour of the saints;\neat, drink your fill, holding the Fish in your hands.\nWith the Fish … I long, Master and Saviour.\nBe my gracious guide, I pray you, light of the dead.\nAschandius, my father, dear to my heart,\nwith my sweet mother and with my kinsfolk,\nremember Pectorius in the peace of the Fish.","f":"<i>Ep. Pect.</i> 1 (Pitra 1852 1:557; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-pectorius/1)."}}