Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20746
(formerly occ/4443)

	Πολυδεύκυς ἔπη εἰς κόμωδον τὸν βασιλέα.

	Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ καὶ γεωργὲ σπερμάτων·
	Τρέφεις κατολβίζεις με καμάτων δίχα·
	Ἀνηρότως ηὔλησα τὴν πανσπερμίαν·
	Ἀμαλθίας εὕρημα τὴν βίβλον κέρας·
	Κάμνεις ὀρύττων τὰς πολυχρόνους φλέβας·
	Ὡς αὐτὸς ἀκάμαντον ἕξω τὴν πόσιν·
	Τὴν γοῦν ἀμοιβὴν χάριν ὑψόθεν λάβοις·
	Ἄν εὐσεβείαν τοῖς πόνοις κεραννύης:·

Type(s)	[2510] Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ καὶ γεωργὲ σπερμάτων (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 78 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 16r
Person(s)	Scribe Demetrios Damilas (15th-16th c.) - RGK: I.93, II.127, III.160 - PLP: III.5084
Palaeographical information	Initials and title written in red ink. The first initial is decorated.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Julius Pollux' Onomasticon.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.) Lucius Aurelius Commodus (31/08/161 - 31/12/192)
Comment	Martini-Bassi (1906 I: 15): 'In principio (16r) et in fine (223v) operis <epigrammata> duo (sc. Anth. Cougny III 222. 223)'.
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 15
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis 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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