Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21113
(formerly occ/4834)

	Οὐαί προμηθεῦ κρᾶξ(ον) οὐαί σοι μέγα·
	χάριν βροτῶν γὰρ ἠπατήσας τὸν δία·
	καὶ λάθρα τούτου πως τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις·
	εἰ δ’ οὐκ ἐπείσθης ὤνπερ ἐσταυρωμένος,
	τὸν ἐκβαλοῦντα τῶν θρόνων εἰπεῖν δία·
	ταύτοι κεραυνὸ(ς) ἐκ πόλου κατηγμένος,
	ἔργον τίθησι συντριβῆς σε τὸν τάλαν
	αἴαζε τοίνυν τοῦτο γὰρ πάρεστί σοι:-

Type(s)	[3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 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	Third of four epigrams by Tzetzes, written at the end of Prometheus vinctus.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Prometheus Zeus
Comment	Next to v. 4 another hand writes: 'εἶτ’ οὐδ’'. On v. 6 the same hand writes 'τῶ τοι', in red ink..
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 665
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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