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Occurrence 22262
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	+ ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει,
	τρύχη βία φάραγγι προσ(...)μ(έν)ος
	τὸ πῦρ προ(...) \| (...)ροτοῖς ἐχαρίσω,
	ὕλη πρὸ(ς) ἀκάματον εὑρέθη φλόγα,
	ὀργ(ῆς) κατ(ά) σου πρὸ(ς) θεῶν πυρσουμ(ένης)

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	14th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 59r
Palaeographical information	Written in the upper margin of the folio. Ink partly vanished.
Contextual information	Written after a commentary on Aeschylus. Followed by two more epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Prometheus
Comment	Mioni (1890: 256): 'Ad finem scholiorum inscripti sunt versus quos (ed. Cougny IV 83, vv. 1-17)'.
Image source(s)	http://www.internetculturale.it/jmms/iccuviewer/iccu.jsp?id=oai%3A193.206.197.121%3A18%3AVE0049%3ACSTOR.240.10178&mode=all&teca=marciana&viewType=onepage&mediaType=image&objectIndex=126
Bibliography	Primary 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 L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 527-528 Secondary E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 256
Number of verses	5
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