Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24116
(formerly occ/8077)

	χρησμὸς δοθεὶς ὁμήρω·

	Ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρὶς, ἤ σε θανόντα
	δέξεται· ἀλλὰ νέων παίδων αἴνιγμα φυλάξαι·

Type(s)	[4639] Ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1466
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Harley 5600 [1466]
Place in Manuscript	f. 14r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Rhosos of Crete < Greece - RGK: I.178, II.237, III.298 - VGH: 187.B - PLP: X.24574 (presbyteros)
Palaeographical information	The title and the first letter are written in red ink.
Contextual information	This poem is the tenth in a series of twelve epigrams on Homer.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Ios
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_5600_f014r
Bibliography	Primary F. Maltomini 2015, Una silloge di epigrammi su Omero (e alcuni inediti bizantini), Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici, 75, 151-175: 170 F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 270
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[24175] ἔστιν ἴος νῆσο(ς) μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς πατρίς· ἥ σε θανόντα [1291] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 139 [1291] (f. 243v) (2 verses) (2/2) [21193] ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς πατρὶς ἥ σε θανόντα [1276] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 4 sup. [1276] (f. 227r) (2 verses) (2/2) [24188] Ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα [1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 29 [1292] ((unsure) f. 484r) (2 verses) (2/2) [24219] στιν ἴος νῆσος \| μητρὸ(ς) πατρίς \| ἥ σε θανόντα [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325] (f. 196v) (2 verses) (2/2) [22450] ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρὶς ἥ σε \| θανόντα [1486] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. IX 16 [10/01/1486] (f. 404r) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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