Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24871
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	+ δόξαν πόνοι τίκτουσι, καὶ μόχθοι κλέος, \|
	οἱ κάματοί τε προξενοῦσι ταινίας· \|
	καὶ τὸν γε φιλήσαντα τούτους, εἰς ἄκρον, \|
	σοφῶν ἐν αἴσῃ τιθέασι ταχέως· \|
	εἰδὼς δὲ καὶ σὺ τοῦτ' ἀληθὲς ὂν νέε, \|
	τὸ δ' ὂν, σκόπει, σε, μὴ διαδρᾶσαν λάθη, \|
	τὴν ἀργίαν δίωξον ὡς σοφὸς γένῃ· \|
	πρὸ, τῶν, δὲ λοιπῶν ἀγάπησον τοὺς λόγους· \|\|
	καὶ μὴ προτίμα τὴν ῥαθυμίαν πόνων·
	ὡς \| ἂν λάβης ἔπαινον, οὐ ῥητὸν τέκνον·
	καὶ μεστὸ(ς) \| ὄλβου χρυσέου γένοιό μοι·
	αἰνήν τε πεῖρ(αν) \| μαστίγων διεκφύγης +

Type(s)	[6585] Δόξαν πόνοι τίκτουσι καὶ μόχθοι κλέος (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1291-1300
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 92 [1291-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 123r-123v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.gr.92/0126 https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.gr.92/0127 https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bav_pal_gr_92/0253 https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bav_pal_gr_92/0254
Bibliography	Primary C. Gallavotti 1983, Nota sulla schedografia di Moscopulo e suoi precedenti fino a Theodoro Prodromo, Bollettino dei Classici, 4, 3-35: 23 I. Vassis 2002, Τῶν νέων φιλολόγων παλαίσματα: Η συλλογή σχεδών του κώδικα Vaticanus Palatinus Gr. 92, Ελληνικά, 52(1), 37-68: 45
Number of verses	12
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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