Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19352
(formerly occ/2826)

	ἄν(θρωπ)ε ζητεῖς τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο· \|
	οἱ π(ατ)ράδελφοι (καὶ) ταχύμοροι τάχα \|
	οἰδίποδο(ς) \| φεῦ τοῦ \| πανοικτίστου \| γόνοι
	πληροῖ κατάρας π(ατ)ρικὰς πεπρωμένη \|
	αἵματι κληρώσασα λαίου δόμον \|
	τοῖς π(ατ)ραδέλφ(οις) συγγόν(οις) λαβδακίδαις, \|
	οἷς οἶκος δης ἀχέρ(ων) λίμνη χάρ(ων) \|
	(καὶ) τὸ στυγητ(ὸν) τ(ῆς) στυγὸς σκηπτὸν νᾶμα· \|
	κτανθεῖσι (καὶ) κτείνασ(ιν) ἀλλήλ(ους) ξίφει:-

Type(s)	[3441] Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο (3 verses) [3817] Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276-1400
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 90r -- (alt.) f. 94r
Palaeographical information	Verse 3 is added in the margin.
Contextual information	The epigram is written between Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes and his Persae.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Eteokles Laios Oedipus Polyneikes
Comment	The epigram is a combination of two well-known poems that are often combined: type 3441 (inc. Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο) and type 3817 (inc. Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη).
Image source(s)	http://teca.bmlonline.it/ImageViewer/servlet/ImageViewer?idr=TECA0000620310&keyworks=plut.28.25#page/195/mode/1up
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 45
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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