Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21099
(formerly occ/4832)

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	Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκ(ας) ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει,
	τρύχη βία φάραγγι προσπεπηγμένος
	τὸ πῦρ προμηθεῦ ὃ βροτοῖς ἐχαρίσω,
	ὕλη πρὸς ἀκάματον εὑρέθη φλόγα·
	ὀργῆς κατά σου πρὸ(ς) θεῶν πυρσουμ(έν)ης:-

Type(s)	[3434] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 175 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 21r
Palaeographical information	Written on two columns, to be read horizontally. Initial in red ink.
Contextual information	First of four epigrams by Tzetzes, written at the end of Prometheus vinctus.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 665
Number of verses	5
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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