Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24185
(formerly occ/8147)

	ἐπίγραμμα εἰς Ἰλιάδα Ὁμήρου

	Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης
	ἄξονα δινήσας ἔμπυρος ἠέλιος·
	ὑμνοπόλους δ’ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν Ὅμηρος
	λαμπρότατον Μουσῶν φέγγος ἀνασχόμενος.

Type(s)	[4625] Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης (4 verses)
Text source	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: 169-170
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1291-31/08/1292
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 29 [01/09/1291-31/08/1292]
Place in Manuscript	(unsure) f. 483r
Person(s)	Scribe Paisios (1251-1300) - RGK: III.533 - VGH: 374.A - PLP: IX.21319
Palaeographical information	The title is written in black ink, the initial in red ink.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Bibliography	Primary F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 268 Secondary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 88 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: 154 G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 27
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(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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