Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24192
(formerly occ/8155)

	Ἱρὴν μὲν πρόσθ' Ἴλιον ἠδ’ εὔποτμον ἔφᾕν,
	ὕστατα μέντοι, Ὅμηρ’, ἐλεεινά γε τόσσα παθοῦσαν,
	ὥστε καὶ ἐξ ὅτεῳ σύ περ Ἰλίου ἄλγε’ ἀίσας,
	ἢν ἐθέλοι τὰ ἅ τις φῆναι ἄχε’ ἠδ’ ἑτέροιο,
	ἔνθεν ἔχειν φάσκειν κακέων Ἰλιάδα κεῖνα

Type(s)	[6294] Ἱρὴν μὲν πρόσθ' Ἴλιον ἠδ’ εὔποτμον ἔφη<νας> (5 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: 172-173 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
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	f. 483r
Person(s)	Scribe Paisios (1251-1300) - RGK: III.533 - VGH: 374.A - PLP: IX.21319
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC)
Bibliography	Primary F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 280 Secondary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 27
Number of verses	5
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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