Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18020
(formerly occ/1324)

	Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ κ(αὶ) γεωργὲ σπερμάτ(ων)·
	τρέφεις κατολβίζεις με καμάτων δίχα·
	ἀνηρότ(ως) ηὔλησα τ(ὴν) πανσπερμί(αν)
	ἀμαλθί(ας) εὕρηκα τὴν βίβλον κέρας·
	κάμνεις ὀρύττων τ(ὰς) πολυκρόν(ους) φλέβ(ας),
	ὡς αὐτὸς ἀκάματον ἕξω τὴν πόσιν
	τὴν γοῦν ἀμοιβὴν χάρ(ιν) ὑψόθ(εν) λάβοις,
	ἂν εὐσέβειαν τοῖς πόνοις κεραννύης:-

Type(s)	[2510] Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ καὶ γεωργὲ σπερμάτων (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2226 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 202r
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Julius Pollux' Onomasticon.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.) Lucius Aurelius Commodus (31/08/161 - 31/12/192)
Comment	Lilla (1985: 301) gives only the first and last verse.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2226/0199
Bibliography	Primary S. Lilla, 1985, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 2162-2254 (codices Columnenses) (vol. 8), Vatican City: 301
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Nina Sietis. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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