Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24210
(formerly occ/8171)

	μηρον \| (...)ανοῦ

	Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε (καὶ) ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης,
	ἄξονα δινήσας ἔμπυρον ἠέλιος·
	μουσοπόλους δ’ ἀγεληδ(ὸν) ἀπημάλδην(εν) ὄμηρος
	οὐρανίης σοφίης φέγγος ἀειράμενος

Type(s)	[4625] Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276-1325
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 142r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios (13th-14th c.) - RGK: III.133 - VGH: 90.G
Palaeographical information	Written in three columns, to be read horizontally. Initial in red ink.
Contextual information	Maltomini (2005: 156): 'fra fine dell'Iliade e l'inizio dell'Odissea'.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.915/0169
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: 156, 169-170 F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 268
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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