Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20993
(formerly occ/4700)

	Ὁ κλεῖνος Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων
	Χόλῳ βαρυνθεὶς, Ἕκτορος θνήσκει ξίφει
	Αἰασμάτων ἄξιος Αἴας τυγχάνει
	Σκότῳ γὰρ ὄντως ἐκμελανθεὶς τὰς φρένας
	Ἑαυτὸν ἀπέσφαξεν Ἕκτορος ξίφει.

Type(s)	[3438] Ὁ κλεινὸς Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων (2 verses)
Text source	R. Dawe, 1973, Studies on the Text of Sophocles. The Manuscripts and the Text (vol. 1), Leiden: 118
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1333
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [1326-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 34v
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Kinnamos (14th c.) - VGH: 78.B - PLP: V.11717
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aias Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Comment	De Andrés (1987: 130) gives only the incipit and the desinit but refers to Dawe (1973: 118).
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 130
Number of verses	5
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