Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20742
(formerly occ/4439)

	Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν Εὐριπίδ(ην).

	Μνήμα μὲν ἑλλὰς ἅπασ’ εὐριπίδου· ὀστέα δ’ ἔσχει
	γῆ μακεδόνων· ἧπερ δέξατο τέρμα τε βίου,
	πάτρη δ’ ἑλλὰς ἀθῆναι· πλεῖστα δέ μούσας τέρψας
	ἐκ πολλῶν πάνυ καὶ τὸν ἔπαινον ἔχει σὺν δίκη.

Type(s)	[4534] Μνᾶμα μὲν Ἑλλὰς ἅπασ’ Εὐριπίδου, ὀστέα δ’ ἴσχει (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Harley 5724 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Palaeographical information	Title and initial in red ink.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Athenai Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Makedonia
Comment	Thompson (1888: 173): '"Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν Εὐριπίδην." f. 1b'. Nares (1808-1812: 290): 'Euripidis Hecuba, Tragoedia, praemissis Hypothesi et epigrammate in Euripidem'. McKendrick (1999: 177) gives only the first line.
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_5724_f001v
Bibliography	Primary S. McKendrick, 1999, The British Library. Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (vol. 1), London: 177 R. Nares, 1808, Manuscripts in the Harleian Collection. A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (vol. 3), London: 290 E. Thompson 1888, Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts, The Classical Review, 171-174: 173
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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