Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21114
(formerly occ/4835)

	Αἴτνη τίς ἐστιν ἰταλῆς ὄρος μέγα
	ἐξ ἧς καταρρεῖ παμφάγου πυρὸ(ς) νᾶμα
	μέχρι πολίχνης κατάνης λεγομένης
	ῥοιβδεῖ δὲ δεινῶς ὡς ποταμὸς ἐκρέ(ον)·
	πνεῦμα γὰρ ἐν γῆς ἐμπεσὸν ταῖς κοιλᾶσι
	κισσήρεως νάφθης τε πεπληρωμένης
	χωροῦν σοβαρῶς ἐκπυροῦται τῆ βία·
	εὑρὸν (δὲ) ταῖς σήραγξιν ὕδωρ ἐκρέον
	τὸ πνεῦμα παντάπασιν ἠραιωμ(έν)ον
	ἀναφλογωθὲν ἐξανάπτει πῦρ ῥέον:~

Type(s)	[4594] Αἴτνη τίς ἐστιν Ἰταλῶν ὄρος μέγα (10 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	Last of four epigrams by Tzetzes, written at the end of Prometheus vinctus.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Etna Prometheus
Comment	On v. 1 the same hand writes: 'ἰταλῶν'; on v. 2 'σέλας' instead of 'νᾶμα'; on v. 4: 'ῥοιβδοῖ'.
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 665
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[22102] αἴτνη τίς (ἐστιν) ἰταλ(ῶν) ὄρο(ς) μέγ(ας) [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 67v) (10 verses) (10/10) [25387] αἴτνη τί ἐστι(ν) ἰταλ(ῶν) ὄρος μέγα [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.] (f. 43r) (10 verses) (10/10)
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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