Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20941
(formerly occ/4706)

	Ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς μακάρ(ων) δὲ προφήταν /
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Type(s)	[4524] Ἡρώων κάρυκ’ ἀρετᾶς μακάρων δὲ προφήταν (4 verses)
Text status	Text completely unknown
Date	1462
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4629 (olim N.67) [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 21r
Person(s)	Scribe Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Contextual information	The epigram is the third in a series of four epigrams on Homer (AP VII.3, 7, 6, 4).
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Nine Muses
Image source(s)	http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000247046&page=27
Bibliography	Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 154
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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