Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20995
(formerly occ/4702)

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	λέαιν(αν) ἢ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα‧
	κ(αὶ) τὸν σύνευνον ἄνδρα τὸν π(ατ)ροκτόνον,
	ὁ τοῦ π(ατ)ρὸς τιμωρὸ(ς) ἐκτελ(ῶν) ὄπα,
	τὴν τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ κράτιστον ἄσκευ(ον) μόνην,
	κτανὼν ἔθανεν ὡς ὀνείροις τ(οῖς) π(…)
	εἶδε θανοῦσα πρὶν θάνη τελεσφόρα
	ἡ δ᾽ αὐταδέλφη χαρμονῆς πεπλησμ(…)
	ἀφῆκε λυπρὸν πένθος ἀστεγὲς δάκρυ:-

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Type(s)	[3445] Λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν, ἀλλ’ οὐ μητέρα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text partially unknown
Date	1333
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [1326-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 69r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Kinnamos (14th c.) - VGH: 78.B - PLP: V.11717
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns.
Contextual information	The epigram is placed at Electra, along with other two epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Electra Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Comment	De Andrés (1987: 130) provides only the incipit, but refers to Dawe (1973: 117). v. 5 ἔθανεν or ἔθαλλεν?
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 130 M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 208-210
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[19355] λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 194v -- (alt.) f. 190v) (8 verses) [24528] λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 40 [14th c.] (f. 48v) (8 verses) [25331] Λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ οὐ μητέρα [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 48r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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