Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19914
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	σοὶ μὲν Γαληνὲ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις,
	ἃ γὰρ διέγνως ἀνεπιφθόνως γράφεις,
	ἀλλ᾽ ἡ φύσις ῥέουσα συνεχῆ ῥύσιν
	ἀργεῖν βιάζει σοὺς πολυπλόκους λόγους

Type(s)	[2231] Σοὶ μέν, Γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις (4 verses)
Text source	H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 538
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Laud. gr. 56 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	(gen.) end of ms.
Contextual information	'φιλοσόφου κυροῦ φιλαγάθου·' precedes the epigram (Coxe (1969: 538)).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Galen of Pergamon < Asia Minor < Turkey (129 - 3rd c.)
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[23567] σοὶ μέν, γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 51 (Vlad. 464) [14th-15th c.] (f. 303v) (2 verses) (1/4) [17663] σὺ μὲν γαληνὲ τῶνδε τῶν πόν(ων) χάρις [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Arch. di S. Pietro H 45 [13th c.] (f. 311r) (4 verses) (4/4) [29888] σὺ μὲν γαληνὲ τῶνδε τῶν πόν(ων) χάρις [1101-1150] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 300 [1126-1175] (f. 11r) (4 verses) (3/4)
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