Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21010
(formerly occ/4721)

	ἐπίγραμμα ἀδέσποτον.

	βίβλοι ἀριστοφάνευς θεῖ(ος) πόνος. αἷσιν ἀχαρνεὺς
	κισσὸς ἐπὶ χλοερ(ὴν) πουλὺς ἔσεισε κόμην·
	ἠνίδ’ ὅσον διόνυσον ἔχει σελίς· οἷα δὲ μῦθοι
	ἠχεῦσι φοβερ(ῶν) πληθόμ(εν)οι χαρίτων·
	ὦ καὶ θυμὸν ἄριστε κ(αὶ) ἑλλάδ(ος) ἤθεσιν ἴσα·
	κωμικέ· στίξας ἅξια κ(αὶ) γελάσας·

Type(s)	[5356] Βίβλοι Ἀριστοφάνευς, θεῖος πόνος, αἷσιν Ἀχαρνεὺς (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1462
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4629 (olim N.67) [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 22r
Person(s)	Scribe Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540
Palaeographical information	Initial written in red ink. Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram is written in the lower margin, below the Vita Aristophanis.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC) Dionysos
Comment	De Andrés (1987: 154): gives no text but refers to Duebner (1877: XXX n. XVI).
Image source(s)	http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000247046&page=28
Bibliography	Primary F. Dübner, 1877, Scholia Graeca in Aristophanem, Paris: XXX Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 154
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Nina Vanhoutte The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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