Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24501
(formerly occ/8464)

	λύσις τοῦ αἰνίγματος

	κλῦθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα κακόπτερε μοῦσα θανόντων
	φωνῆς ἡμετέρης σὸν τέλος ἀμπλακίης
	ἄνθρωπον κατέλεξας ὃς ἡνίκα γαῖαν ἐφέρπει
	πρῶτον ἔφυ τετράπους νήπιος ἐκ λαγόνων
	γηραλέος δέ πέλων τριττή (?) πόδα βάκτρον ἐρείδει
	αὐχένα φορτίζων γήραϊ καμπτόμενος

Type(s)	[6371] Κλῦθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα, κακόπτερε Μοῦσα θανόντων (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1401-1450
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 188r
Contextual information	It is preceded by the poem, inc. 'ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅσ᾽ ἐπί γαῖαν'.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Oedipus Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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