Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20170
(formerly occ/3810)

	οὐαὶ προμηθεῦ κράξον οὐαί σύ μέγα·
	χάριν βροτ(ῶν) γ(ὰρ) ἠπάτησας τ(ὸν) δία,
	(καὶ) λάθρα τούτου, π(ῶς) τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις·
	εἶτ’ οὐδ’ ἐπείσθης ὤν περ ἐσταυρωμ(έν)ος
	τ(ὸν) ἐκβαλλόντα τ(ῶν) θρόν(ων) εἰπεῖν δία·
	τῶ τοι κεραυνός ἐκ πολοῦ κατηγμ(έν)ος
	ἔργον τίθησι σὺν τριβῆς σὲ τ(ὸν) τάλαν.
	αἴαζε τοίνυν τοῦτο γ(ὰρ) πάρεστί σοι:-

Type(s)	[3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a microfilm of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1372
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 98 [1372]
Place in Manuscript	f. 156r
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Prometheus Zeus
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1770, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 3), Florence: 17* D. Rasljic 2022, Two Greek Paratext Poems from the Manuscript Q No. 2 of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philologia Classica, 17(1), 113-124: 121 E. Rostagno, N. Festa 1893, Indice dei Codici Greci Laurenziani non compresi nel catalogo del Bandini, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 1, 129-232: 151 L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 527-528
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, 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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