Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24176
(formerly occ/8138)

	+ ὅμηρον ἡσιόδω ἐρωτήσαντι πόσον τὸ τ(ῶν) ἑλλήν(ων) πλῆθος ὃ κ(α)τ(ὰ) τῆς τροί(ας) ἐστράτευσεν+

	ἕπτ' ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι· ἐν (δὲ) ἑκά(στ)η
	πεντήκοντ’ ὀβελοί 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 (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)	Hesiod (8th-7th c. BC) Homer (8th c. BC)
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: 170-171
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[24117] Ἑπτ’ ἔσσαν μαλεροῦ πυρὸς ἐσχάραι, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστη [1466] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5600 [1466] (f. 14r) (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) 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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