Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21019
(formerly occ/4732)

	μνῆμα μὲν ἑλλὰς ἅπασ’ εὐριπίδου· ὀστέα δ’ ἴσχει
	γῆ μακεδόνων· ἥπερ δέξατο τέρμα βίου·
	πατρὶς δ’ ἑλλάς ἀθῆναι· πλεῖστα δὲ τέρψας
	τέρψας ἐκ πολλῶν κ(αὶ) τὸν ἔπαινον ἔχει·

Type(s)	[4534] Μνᾶμα μὲν Ἑλλὰς ἅπασ’ Εὐριπίδου, ὀστέα δ’ ἴσχει (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1475
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4677 (olim N.47) [1326-1475]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2v
Person(s)	Scribe Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540
Palaeographical information	2 ἥπερ ] γἀρ supra lineam 3 δ' ἑλλἀς ] ἑλλάδος supra lineam; τέρψας has been crossed out ] μού(...)αι supra lineam
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Euripides' Hecuba.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Athenai Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Makedonia
Comment	De Andrés (1987: 224) gives no text but refers to AP VII.45.
Image source(s)	http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000243129&page=10
Bibliography	Primary J. Iriarte, 1769, Regiae Bibliothecae Matritensis codices graeci mss., Madrid: 161 Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 224
Number of verses	4
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