Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22867
(formerly occ/6757)

	·:· λόγους ἀτερπεῖς πολλὰ μοχθήσας γράφεις \|
	ἀνιστορήτως βάρβαρα πλέξας ἔπη· \|
	γωλεία γρώνας οὖσα καὶ τυκίσματα. \|
	σὺν ὀρθαγῆ τε κρίμνα καὶ λυκοψία· \|
	μόνον νέοις ἱδρῶτα μωρὲ λυκόφρον. \|
	οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλλο πλὴν \| νοὶ λήρων \| λό\|γ\|ο\|ι\|

Type(s)	[3725] Λόγους ἀτερπεῖς πολλὰ μοχθήσας γράφεις (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276-1300
Manuscript	HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 18 [1276-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 96v
Contextual information	The epigram is surrounded by a miniature depicting Lycophron and Isaakios Tzetzes. Interlinear gloss above v. 3: 'αἱ πρ(ὸς) τ(ὴν) πέτραν (...)ία δύσ(εις) κοίλης πέτρ(ας) σχοινία κ(αὶ) οἰκοδομὴ μαλα'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Lycophron (3rd c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec18/0196/image
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Reading: Book Epigrams - Introduction, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1369-1380: 1376 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 115-118 E. Scheer, 1908, Lycophronis Alexandra (vol. 2), Berlin: 398
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[21909] λόγους ἀτερπεῖς πολλὰ (...) [1255] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.I.18 [1255] (f. 102r) (6 verses) (1/6) [19596] λό(...)ς ἀτερπεῖς πολ(λὰ) μοχθήσ(ας) γράφεις [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Riccardiana 69 [14th c.] (f. 111v) (6 verses) (4/6) [23904] Λόγους ἀτερπεῖς πολλὰ μοχθήσας γράφεις [1276-1300] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II D 4 [1276-1300] () (6 verses) (6/6) [30841] λόγους ἀτερπεῖς πολλὰ μογήσας γράφεις [1282] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2723 [1250-1300] (f. 76v) (6 verses) (5/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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