Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22283
(formerly occ/6166)

	ἄλλως

	Μαντεύεται δίκαιος ὤν τις κ(αὶ) πένης,
	εἰ μ(ε)τ(α)βαλὼν, πλούτου τυχεῖν δυνήσετ(αι)·
	ἔχρησεν ὁ θ(εὸ)ς συνακολουθεῖν \| ὧπερ ἂν
	ἀνδρὶ περιτυχοι. πλοῦτος δ' ὀπτανεῖται τυφλὸς·
	γνοὺς δ᾽ αὐτὸν, ἤγαγεν οἴκαδε ἄλλους δημότ(ας) \|
	καλέσας μ(ε)τ(α)σχεῖν· εἶθ᾽ ὑγιασαι τὰς κόρ(ας)
	ἔσπευδον· εἰς ἀσληπιοῦ δ᾽ ἀπῆγον·
	ἡ δ᾽ ἄφνω πενία διε\|κώλυεν·
	ὅμ(ως) ἀναβλέψαντος αὐτοῦ τῶν κακ(ῶν)
	οὐδεὶς ἐπλούτει· τῶν δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἦν τἀγαθὰ:

Type(s)	[2578] Μαντεύεται δίκαιος ὤν τις καί πένης (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 475 (coll. 825) [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 4r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Plousiadenos of Crete < Greece (1429 - 09/08/1500) - RGK: I.176, II.234, III.294 - VGH: 185.H - PLP: X.23385 (archon, protopapas, psaltes, thytes)
Palaeographical information	Title and initial letter in red ink. This metrical prologue is displayed as a prose text.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the Aristophanes' Plutus.
Metre(s)	Iambic trimeter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC)
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 266
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[22277] μαντεύεται δίκαιος ὢν τίς (καὶ) πένης [12th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 474 (coll. 842) [12th c.] (f. 4r) (10 verses) (5/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) 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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Last modified: 2021-03-18.