Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22350
(formerly occ/6232)

	Τοῦ πολυπλάγκτου δυστυχοῦς ὀδυσσέ(ως),
	ὅμηρος ὧδ’ ἔγραψε τὰς πανουργί(ας).
	δόλους τε πολλ(οὺς) κ(αὶ) πλοκὰς τῶν ψευσμ(ά)τ(ων)
	ὡσὰν βλέποντες οἱ νέοι καθ’ ἡμέραν.
	κ(αὶ) νοῦν ἐπερείδοντες αὐτοῖς ἐμφρόνως,
	τὸ κάλλος ἐκπλήττοιντο τῶν νοημάτ(ων)
	κ(αὶ) τὴν ταχίστην συμπλοκὴν τε κ(αὶ) θέσιν.
	ἀλλ᾽ ὦ πολύτλα κ(αὶ) πλανήτα κ(αὶ) γέρον,
	ὁδοὺς ὁ πολλὰς ἐκδραμ(ὴν) μακροῦ βίου.
	πόλεις τε πλείστας εἰσιδὼν ἀνδρῶν νόον
	ὁ γνοὺς μαθών τε τ(ῶν) φρενῶν ἐμπειρία·
	εἰ δὴ γε τὸν σὸν εἰς ἅδην ἐπαινέτην
	ὅμηρον εὕροις, ἄσπασαι καθὼς θέμ(ις)
	χάριν δὲ πολλὴν τῶνδε τ(ῶν) ἐπῶν χάριν,
	ἔχειν πρόσειπε τοὺς σοφοὺς νεανί(ας): +

Type(s)	[3999] Τοῦ πολυπλάγκτου δυστυχοῦς Ὀδυσσέως (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1426-1475
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 611 (coll. 850) [1426-1475]
Place in Manuscript	f. 244r
Person(s)	Scribe Andronikos Kallistos (15th c.) - RGK: I.18, II.25, III.31 - VGH: 30.F - PLP: V.10484
Palaeographical information	Initial in red ink.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Odyssey. Followed by 'τέλ(ος) ὦδε τ(ῆς) ὀδυσσεί(ας)'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Odysseus
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 538 Secondary L. Orlandi, 2023, Andronikos Kallistos: A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism, Berlin/Boston: 333
Number of verses	15
Related occurrence(s)	[21538] Τοῦ πολυπλάκτου δυστυχοῦς ὀδυσσέως [1451-1500] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5673 [1451-1500] (f. 213v) (15 verses) (15/15) [20225] Τοῦ πολυπλάκτου δυστυχοῦς (...) [15th c.] PERUGIA - Biblioteca Comunale Augusta 249 (D 67) [15th c.] (f. 261r) (? verses) (1/15) [22359] τοῦ πολυπλάκτου δυστυχοῦς ὀδυσσέως [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 613 (coll. 868) [13th c.] (f. 296r) (15 verses) (15/15)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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