Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20171
(formerly occ/3811)

	+ πληροῖ κατάρας π(ατ)ρικὰς πεπρωμ(έν)η,
	αἵματι κληρώσασα λαίου δόμος
	τ(οῖς) πατραδέλφοις συγγόνοις λαβδακίδαις
	οἷς οἴκος ᾅδης ἀχέρων λίμν(ης) χάρ(ων)
	καὶ τὸ στυγητ(ὸν) τῆς στυγὸς σκήπτει νᾶμα
	κτανθεῖσι καὶ κτείνασιν ἀλλήλ(ους) ξίφει:-

Type(s)	[3817] Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a microfilm of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 98 [1372]
Place in Manuscript	f. 180v
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes and precedes another book epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Eteokles Laios Oedipus Polyneikes
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1770, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 3), Florence: 17* 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
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19352] ἄν(θρωπ)ε ζητεῖς τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 90r -- (alt.) f. 94r) (9 verses) (6/6) [25949] πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικ(ὰς) πεπρωμ(έ)νη [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 56 sup. [14th c.] (f. 90v) (6 verses) (6/6) [26155] ητεῖς θεατὰ τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 175 sup. [15th c.] (f. 39v) (9 verses) (6/6) [19753] Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη [15th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II F 29 [1476-1500] ((unsure) f. 37v) (? verses) (1/6) [25343] πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικ(ὰς) πεπρωμένη [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 110r) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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