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Epigram contributes in interesting ways to this narrative, for these inscribed texts are both tied to their physical and material contexts, and, as I argue with respect to our earliest examples, composed explicitly for future readers. In Chapter 2, I critique an interpretive frame based on the dichotomy of public and private and offer a conceptual model for studying epigram based on ancient concepts. I apply this model to two case studies, two Archaic cemeteries where multiple contemporary funerary epigrams survive. I reconstruct ancient readings of these texts, emphasizing their dialogue with one another and their contexts. In Chapter 3, I contribute to our understanding of the Greek symposium. I analyze some of our earliest Greek alphabetic texts alongside the poetry of Theognis, highlighting the themes of ownership, theft, reading, and reperformance at symposia. 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