Occurrence 20108
(formerly occ/3742)
| Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν Θεοφράστου τάφον τελευτήσαντος ἐπειδὴ ὀλίγον ἀνῆκε τῶν πόνων. | |
| Οὐκ ἄρα τοῦτο μάταιον ἔπος μερόπων τινὶ λέχθη, | |
| Ῥήγνυσθαι σοφίης τόξον ἀνιέμενον· | |
| Δὴ γὰρ καὶ Θεόφραστος , ἕως ἐπόνει μὲν ἄπηρος, | |
| Ἦν δέμας εἶτ' ἀνεθεὶς, κάτθανε πηρομελής. |
| Type(s) | [4042] Οὐκ ἄρα τοῦτο μάταιον ἔπος μερόπων τινὶ λέχθη (4 verses) |
| Text source | E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 300 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 1301-1325 |
| Manuscript | EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Χ.I.13 [1301-1325] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 277v |
| Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | Theophrastus of Eresos < Lesbos < Greece (372 BC-287 BC) |
| Comment | Andrés (1965: 256) gives no text but refers to Miller (1966: 300). |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
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Last modified: 2019-06-19.
