Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20965
(formerly occ/4670)

	ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς βίβλου λυκόφρονος λεγούσης ταῦτα·

	Οὐκ ἂν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοις λαβυρίνθοις
	ῥηιδίως προμόλοις ἐς φάος αἴ κε τύχῃς·
	τοίους γὰρ πριαμὶς κασάνδρη φοίβασε μύθους
	ἄγγελος οὓς βασιλεῖ ἔφρασε λοξοτρόχις·
	εἰ δέ σε φίλατο καλλιόπη λάβε μ’ ἐς χέρας· ἢν δὲ
	νῆις ἔφυς μουσέων χερσὶ βάρος φορέεις:

Type(s)	[4377] Οὐκ ἂν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοις λαβυρίνθοις (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1480
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4551 (olim N.13) [1480]
Place in Manuscript	f. 29v
Person(s)	Patron Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540 Scribe Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Kassandra Lycophron (3rd c. BC) Nine Muses Priamos
Comment	De Andres (1987: 10): '(f. 29v) duo epigrammata (Anth. Pal., IX, 191, 506)'. Only the first of these two epigrams is related to the main text of the ms. (Lycophron's Alexandra), and is therefore a book epigram.
Image source(s)	http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000247175&page=35
Bibliography	Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 10
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[20744] οὐκ ἄν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοις λαβυρίνθοις [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 57 sup. [1476-1500] (f. 1v) (6 verses) (6/6) [22979] οὐκ ἂν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοις λαβυρίνθοις [1451-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 24 inf. [15th c.] (f. 2v) (6 verses) (6/6) [24494] οὐκ ἂν ἐν ἡμετέροισι πολυγνάμπτοις λαβυρίνθοις [15th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Casanatense 1281 [15th c.] (f. 8v) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Kristoffel Demoen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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