Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24534
(formerly occ/8494)

	+Κλεινὸ(ς) αἴ(ας) τῶν ἀχιλλεί(ων) ὁπλων.
	χόλω βαρυνθεὶς ἔκτορο(ς) θνήσ(...)

Type(s)	[3438] Ὁ κλεινὸς Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 6 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 29v
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in reddish brown ink, distinct from the tragic text. The letters after 'χόλω βαρυνθεὶς εκτορο(ς) θνήσ' have been faded, at the very right side of the manuscript.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Ajax. It is followed by another book epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aias Hektor Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Comment	The first verse does not, as in other variants of the epigram, start with 'Ὁ' and hence counts only 11 syllables.
Image source(s)	https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4169883#page/66/mode/1up
Bibliography	Primary R. Dawe, 1973, Studies on the Text of Sophocles. The Manuscripts and the Text (vol. 1), Leiden: 118
Number of verses	2
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Mathijs Clement, 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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