Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23951
(formerly occ/7904)

	Περὶ τῆς ἐνταῦθα ματαιότητος ἡρωϊκοὶ στίχοι:-

	Εἰπὲ ποῦ ἡ χθὲς ἔβη· \| ἡ δ᾽ αὔριον εἰπὲ ποῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ·:·
	Εἰπε δ᾽ ὄθεν προ\|έβης καὶ ποῦ ὀδοιπορέεις:·
	Καὶ τί μέγα ζώοιν τ(ὸν) αυτι\|κα νεκρὸν ἐόντα·
	ὁ χρόνος ἀπατέει φύλλω ἔοικε, \| φύσ(ις)
	γαῖα βροτὸς κ(αὶ) ὕδωρ τὰδ᾽ ἐπ αὐτό σφ(ιν) εἰς \| ταδε δαύει (?)·
	ὥστε μάταια ὁ βίος κ(αὶ) ὅσα τίς πονέει·:·

Type(s)	[3147] Εἰπὲ ποῦ ἡ χθὲς ἔβη, ἡ δ’ αὔριον εἰπὲ ποῦ ἐστιν (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	ROME - Biblioteca Casanatense 1243 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 74v
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Sophocles' Electra.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Comment	Bancalari (1894: 186): 'versibus de vanitate vitae (Anth. gr. Didot. III c. IV 92 p. 416)'.
Bibliography	Primary F. Bancalari 1894, Index codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Casanatensis, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 2, 161-207: 186 C. Samberger, 1968, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 2), Leipzig: 228
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Sien De Groot The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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