Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17904
(formerly occ/1177)

	στίχοι.

	φυγὼν ὀδυσσεὺς τὸν μαχησμὸν ἰλίον \|
	πλῆθος κικόνων, λωτοφάγων τοὺς δόλους· \|
	κύκλωπος δεινὸν ὄμμα τοῦ βροτοκτόνου· \|
	τὴν λαιστρυγόνων ὠμότητα καὶ κίρκις· \|
	τρόπους ἀδήλους καὶ μεμηχανευμένους· \|
	ἅδου τὸ φρικτὸν καὶ τὸν σειρήνων φθόγγον, \|
	πέτρας τε πλαγκτὰς καὶ χαρύβδεως στόμα· \|
	σκύλλης τὸ δεινὸν καὶ βίαιον ὡς ἔφη· \|
	υἱοῦ χεροῖν τέθνηκεν, \| ἐν τῆ πατρίδι :· \|

Type(s)	[2264] Φυγὼν Ὀδυσσεὺς τὸν μαχησμὸν Ἰλίου (9 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15/09/1477
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1627 [15/09/1477]
Place in Manuscript	f. 317v
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Rhosos of Crete < Greece - RGK: I.178, II.237, III.298 - VGH: 187.B - PLP: X.24574 (presbyteros)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by a colophon in prose, where the scribe and the date are mentioned.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Kirke Odysseus Sirens Troia
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1627
Bibliography	Primary C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 301
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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