Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21776
(formerly occ/5634)

	ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει,
	τρύχῃ βία φάραγγι προσπεπηγμένος.
	τὸ πῦρ, Προμηθεῦ, ὃ βροτοῖς ἐχαρίσω,
	ὕλη πρὸς ἀκάμαντον εὑρέθη φλόγα
	ὀργῆς κατὰ σοῦ πρὸς θεῶν πυρσουμένης.
	Αἰσχύλε, τί φής; τοὺς θεοὺς σου προσφέρεις
	πάσχοντας αἰσχρῶς ἐκ θεῶν ὁμοτρόπων;
	καὶ πῶς ἄρα λέληθας σαυτὸν εἰς τέλος
	θεοῦ σεβάζων τοὺς παθητοὺς τὴν φύσιν
	καὶ μὴ δυνατοὺς ἐκφυγεῖν τιμωρίαν;
	κλέψας τὸ πῦρ παρέσχε τοῖς θνητοῖς γέρα
	καὶ κάπτεται μάστιγξι ταῖς Διὸς τάλας·
	ψευδώνυμον λέλογχε τὴν κλῆσιν μόνος.
	προμηθίας δεῖται γὰρ ἢ προβουλίας. + +
	αἲ αἲ Προμηθεῦ, κράξον οὐαὶ σου μέγα·
	χάριν βροτῶν γὰρ ἠπάτησας τὸν Δία
	καὶ λάθρα τούτου πῶς τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις
	εἰτ’ οὐδ’ ἐπείσθης ὤν περ ἐσταυρωμένος
	τὸν ἐκβαλόντα τῶν θρόνων εἰπεῖν Δία,
	τῶ τοι κεραυνὸς ἐκ πόλου κατηγμένος
	ἔργον τίθησι συντριβῆς σε τὸν τάλα<ν>.
	αἴαζε τοίνυν· τοῦτο γὰρ πάρεστί σοι.

Type(s)	[3434] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει (5 verses) [3436] Αἰσχύλε, τί φῇς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις (5 verses) [6213] Κλέψας τὸ πῦρ παρέσχε τοῖς θνητοῖς γέρα (4 verses) [3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 verses)
Text source	D. Rasljic 2022, Two Greek Paratext Poems from the Manuscript Q No. 2 of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philologia Classica, 17(1), 113-124: 120-121
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk, Biblioteka (BAN) - Inostrannyh rukopisei Q N° 2 [1474]
Place in Manuscript	f. 94r
Palaeographical information	Written by a hand different than the one that copied the main text.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Aeschylus' 'Prometheus Bound'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus Zeus
Bibliography	Primary I. Lebedeva, 1973, Описание Рукописного отдела Библиотеки Академии наук СССР. Греческие рукописи (vol. 5), Leningrad: 76 D. Rasljic 2022, Two Greek Paratext Poems from the Manuscript Q No. 2 of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philologia Classica, 17(1), 113-124: 122-123 Secondary L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 526
Number of verses	22
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Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 59r) (5 verses) (4/22) [34327] Οὐαὶ προμηθ(εῦ) κρᾶξον οὐαί σοι μέγα [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (8 verses) (8/22) [34326] Αἰσχύλε τὶ φής· τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (5 verses) (5/22) [22368] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (5 verses) (5/22) [34328] Κλέψας τὸ πῦρ παρέσχε τ(οῖς) θνητοῖς γέρα [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (4 verses) (4/22) [22387] ΝΑ [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 279 [15th c.] (f. 38r-38v) (? verses) display 49 more occurrences (52 in total) hide 49 occurrences (52 in total)
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Occurrence 21776 (formerly occ/5634)

Occurrence 21776
(formerly occ/5634)