Occurrence 23189
(formerly occ/7087)
| · τοῦ αύτοῦ · | |
| Ἠελίοιο φανέντος, ἀπεκρύφθη σέλας ἄστρων· | |
| Καὶ σφετέρην ἀκτίνα θοῶς ἀνεσείρασε μήνη· | |
| ἥδε γεωγραφίη δὲ νεώτατον ἄρτι φανεῖσα, | |
| πάσαις ταῖς προτέραις, ζοφερὴν ἐπέθηκε καλύπτρην: + |
| Type(s) | [5795] Ἠελίοιο φανέντος, ἀπεκρύφθη σέλας ἄστρων (4 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 1376-1425 |
| Manuscript | LONDON - British Library - Burney 111 [1376-1425] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 2v |
| Palaeographical information | Title, initial letter and punctuation at the end of each verse are written in red ink. |
| Contextual information | The epigram is the last in a series of four that precede Ptolemy's Geography. After the epigram the scribe added τέλος. |
| Metre(s) | Dactylic hexameter |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) |
| Image source(s) | http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=burney_ms_111_f002v |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
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Last modified: 2020-08-24.
