Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23231
(formerly occ/7136)

	+ὁ πρῶτος ἑρμῆς μνημονεύσας ἐν βίω,
	τρίτον γενέσθαι καὶ σοφὸς τοσαυτάκις,
	ἐπωνομάσθη τρισμέγιστος εἰκότ(ως)·
	ὁ δεύτερος δὲ πανσόφ(ως) σαφηνίσ(ας)
	τ(ὸν) τοῦ πλάτωνος φαῖδρον ἐν τρισὶ βίβλ(οις),
	τρισόλβιος καλοῖτο ἂν οὐκ ἄποτρόπου+

Type(s)	[4658] Ὁ πρῶτος Ἑρμῆς μνημονευτὸς ἐν βίῳ (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1251-1300
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1810 [1251-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 93r
Palaeographical information	Written in Fettaugenstil in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram follows Hermias of Alexandria's commentary on Plato's Phaedo.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Hermes Trismegistos Hermias of Alexandria < Egypt (5th c.) Plato (429 BC - 347 BC)
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10507219n/f193.item
Bibliography	Primary P. Couvreur, 1901, Hermiae Alexandrini in Platonis Phaedrum scholia, Paris: 266 L. Westerink, 1976, The Greek Commentaries on Plato's Phaedo. Olympiodorus (vol. 1), Amsterdam: 31
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[21221] ὁ πρῶτος ἑρμῆς μνημονεύσας ἐν βίω [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 166 inf. [1351-1425] (f. 77r) (6 verses) (6/6) [32477] NA [1496-1505] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III E 25 [1496-1505] (f. 130v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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