Expert: Maria - 11/24/2004

Question
I have a small statue with the name printed on the base. I would like to know more of him. I can decipher the name only as EOKPATHE. he is seated and is an old man.

Answer
Hello Leslie,

Actually I think that the name EOKPATHE, which seems to be in ancient Greek, is wrong as it does not exist in Greek (nor in Latin, however).
In ancient Greek there is only one name that looks like this a little bit, i.e. EUKRATES, but this name is very seldom mentioned as he is not an important man.

Finally, in the light of what you said, i.e. that the man is seated and is an old man, I could think that the name is SOKRATEI, that is the dative case of SOKRATES which is the name of the ancient Greek philosopher.

All the best
Maria