Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21021
(formerly occ/4738)

ἠρέμ’ ὑπὲρ τύμβοιο σοφοκλέος ἠρέμα κισσέ
ἑρπύζοις· χλοεροὺς ἐκπροχέων πλοκάμους·
καὶ πέταλον πάντη θάλλοι ῥόδον· ἥ τε φιλορρώξ
ἄπελος· ὑγρὰ πέριξ κλήματα χευαμένη·
εἵνεκεν εὐμαθίης πινυτόφρονος ἣν ὁ μελίχρους
ἤσκησεν μουσῶν ἄμμιγα καὶ χαρίτων·
Type(s) [4542] Ἠρέμ’ ὑπὲρ τύμβοιο Σοφοκλέος ἠρέμα, κισσέ (6 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. 76v
Person(s)
Scribe
Konstantinos Laskaris (15th c.) - RGK: I.223, II.313, III.362 - VGH: 242.F - PLP: VI.14540
Contextual information The epigram is the second in a series of four epigrams and precedes Sophocles' Aiax.
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Comment Iriarte (1769: 161): 'Tum sequuntur in Sophoclem Simonidis Octastichon, Erycii Hexastichon, Dioscoridis denique Decastichon, quae quidem omnia in supra dictae Anthologia Lib. III. Cap. 25. pagg. 396. et 397. occurrunt'.
De Andrés (1987: 225): '(f. 76v) tria epigrammata: Simonidis (Anthol. Pal., VII, 22), Erycii (ib. 36) et Dioscoridis (ib. 37)'.
Image source(s) http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000243129&page=84
Bibliography

Secondary
Number of verses 6
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri

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