Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22660
(formerly occ/6550)

ζῆτα δ᾽ ἂρ ἀνδρομάχ(ης) καὶ ἕκτορό(ς) ἐστιν ὀαριστύς:‒
Type(s) [6491] Ζῆτα δ’ ἄρ’ Ἀνδρομάχης καὶ Ἕκτορός ἐστ’ ὀαριστύς (1 verse)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 453 (coll. 821) [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 81v
Contextual information The epigram precedes Book 6 of the Iliad.
It is followed by the words '※ ἀρχὴ τῆς ζ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:-'.
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s)
Comment The meter of the verse is problematic, because the scribe wrote "ἐστιν" instead of "ἐστ'".
Image source(s) http://www.homermultitext.org/hmt-image-archive/venetus-b/
Bibliography

Secondary

E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 236
Number of verses 1
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki

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