Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22355
(formerly occ/6237)

+ μόθους ἀποδρὰς καὶ μόγους τοὺς ἐν μόθοις,
ᾕρηκας ἐχθρῶν τ(ῶν) μαχητῶν τ(ὴν) πόλ(ιν).
ὡς ἀγχίνους ἵππῳ τε καὶ δόλῳ πλέον
πλήθη δὲ χρυσ(ῶν) πολλὰ σὺν κειμηλίοις,
ἔχων. ἔβης ἐν νηυσὶ ταῖς σαῖς ὠκέως
ἐντεῦθ(εν) ἤρξω τῆς πολυπλάγκτου πλάν(ης)·
ὅρμῳ δὲ τ(ὰς) ναῦς τῶν κικόνων ὁρμίσας
ἐξῆλθ(αις) αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὅπλ(οις) πεφραγμένο(ς)
κτανὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν κικόνων τῶ ξίφει,
ἐν νηυσὶ ταῖς σαῖς εὐκόλ(ως) ἔβης πάλ(ιν)·
καὶ λωτοφάγων τ(οὺς) τόπους καὶ τὰς πόλεις
ἰδὼν, ἀπῆλθ(ες) πρὸς τὸ κυκλώπ(ων) γένο(ς)·
καὶ τ(ὸν) κύκλωπα τῆς δρακοντώδους θέας
στερήσας, ἦλθες αὖθις εἰς λαιστρυγόνα
τὰς ναῦς δὲ τὰς σὰς τ(αῖς) πέτραις κατακλάς(ας),
κίρκη προσῆλθες ἐν μιᾷ τῇ πορθμίδι ||
ἥτις πρὸς εἴδη τοὺς ἑταίρους θηρίων,
ἤμειψεν ἠλλοίωσε ῥαδίως πάνυ.
ἀφεὶς δὲ ταύτην, ἧκες εἰς δόμους ᾅδου·
τούτ(ους) δ᾽ ἀποδρὰς πρὸς τὸ τῆς σκύλ(ης) σπέος
ἤδη κατῆλθες, (καὶ) πρὸς αὐτὴν ἡλίου,
τὴν νῆσον. ἐν ταύτῃ δὲ πορθμεῖ(ον) κλάς(ας)
ἱστῷ τὲ μικρῷ καὶ ξύλῳ σεσημμένῳ,
εἶδες χάρυβδ(ιν) τὴν φόβου πεπλησμένην
ἦλθες δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς πρὸς τόπους ὠγυγίας.
πάλ(ιν) δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτ(ῆς) πρὸς τόπ(ους) τῶν φαιάκ(ων)
πρὸς ὧν τυχὼν νόστου τε πρὸ(ς) τ(ὴν) ἰθάκην,
ἧκες πρὸ(ς) αὐτὴν πατρίδα τε (καὶ) δόμους,
εὑρών δ᾽ ἐν αὐτᾕ τῶν ἀτασθάλων στίφ(ους),
φένεις ἅπαντας τῶ βέλει (καὶ) τῶ ξίφει
λαβὼν δὲ τέρμα τ(ῆς) πολυπλάγκτου πλάν(ης),
τὴν νῆσον οἰκεῖς τ(ὴν) φίλην τὴν ἰθάκην
τοιάδε τὰ σκάμματα σὺ καὶ τοὺς μόγους
ἔτλ(ης) ἐκαρτέρησας ὥσπερ γεννάδ(ας)
ὅπως θεάσῃ καὶ δόμ(ον) καὶ πατρίδα,
ὦ παῖ λαέρτου τῶν δόλ(ων) πεπλησμένε +
Type(s) [4391] Μόθους ἀποδρὰς καὶ μόγους τοὺς ἐν μόθοις (36 verses)
Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 13th c.
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 613 (coll. 868) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 295r-295v
Palaeographical information Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information Written at the end of Odyssey.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) http://www.internetculturale.it/jmms/iccuviewer/iccu.jsp?id=oai%3A193.206.197.121%3A18%3AVE0049%3ACSTOR.240.10358
Bibliography

Primary

A. Ludwich, 1871, Scholia ad Odysseae lib. XIII ex codicibus mss. Veneto et Monacensi, Torino: 2-3

Secondary

E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 540
Number of verses 36
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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