Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24117
(formerly occ/8078)

	ὁμήρου ἡσιόδω ἐρωτήσαντι πόσον τὸ τῶν ἑλλήνων \| πλῆθος ὃ κατὰ τῆς τροίας ἐστράτευσεν·

	Ἑπτ’ ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστη,
	πεντήκοντ' ὀβελοὶ, περὶ δὲ κρέα πεντήκοντα·
	τρὶς δὲ τριηκόσιοι περὶ ἓν κρέας ἦσαν ἀχαιοί·

Type(s)	[4641] Ἑπτὰ ἔσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ (3 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 eleventh in a series of twelve epigrams on Homer.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Hesiod (8th-7th c. BC) Homer (8th c. BC)
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: 271
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[24176] ἕπτ' ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι· ἐν (δὲ) ἑκά(στ)η [1291] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 139 [1291] (f. 243v) (3 verses) (3/3) [21194] ἕπτ’ ἔσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸ(ς) ἐσχάραι ἐν (δὲ) ἑκάστη [1276] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 4 sup. [1276] (f. 227r) (3 verses) (3/3) [24189] Ἕπτ' ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ [1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 29 [1292] ((unsure) f. 484r) (3 verses) (3/3) [24221] πτ' ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸ(ς) ἐσχαραι ἐν δὲ ἑκάστη [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325] (f. 196v) (3 verses) (3/3)
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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