person
Pelagon
also: Πελάγων
A fisherman whose grave-goods — wicker trap and oar — are his whole epitaph (AP 7.505), transmitted under Sappho's name.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §ap-7-505 Pelagon
A fisherman whose grave-marker is his working gear; the epitaph's two lines are the whole biography of a poor man's labor. Transmitted under Sappho's name in the Anthology; the ascription is Hellenistic.