Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24175
(formerly occ/8137)

	+ ἔστιν ἴος νῆσο(ς) μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς πατρίς· ἥ σε θανόντα·
	δέξεται· ἀλλὰ νέων παίδ(ων) αἴνιγμα φύλαξαι·

Type(s)	[4639] Ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1291
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 139 [1291]
Place in Manuscript	f. 243v
Palaeographical information	Written in columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	Written among other epigrams on Homer.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Ios
Comment	The title, written in the left margin, is illegible.
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
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[24116] Ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρὶς, ἤ σε θανόντα [1466] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5600 [1466] (f. 14r) (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) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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