Occurrence 25117 (formerly occ/9128) τὸ τῆς σφιγγὸς αἴνιγμα: ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὐ μία μορφὴ ἡ τρίπουν· | ἀλλάσσει δὲ φυὴν μόνον· ὅσσ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἑρπετὰ γίνονται | ἄνα τ’ αἰθέρα καὶ κατὰ πόντον· ἀλλ᾽ ὁπόταν πλεονέσιν | ἐρειδόμ(εν)ον ποσὶ βαίνει; ἔνθα μένος γύοισιν ἀφαυ|ρότερον πέλει αὐτοῦ:- Type(s) [5396] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή (5 verses) Text source DBBE Text status Text completely known Date 15th c. Manuscript PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2803 [15th c.] Place in Manuscript f. 137v Person(s) Scribe Georgios Tribizias (1451-1500) - RGK: I.73, II.94, III.123 - VGH: 85.B - PLP: XII.29291 (hiereus) Contextual information The epigram is followed by the solution to the riddle. Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter Genre(s) Text-related epigram Image source(s) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107222337/f144.item Number of verses 5 Related occurrence(s) [24963] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν· οὐ μία φωνὴ [1476-1500] COLOGNY - Bibliotheca Bodmeriana 64 [1476-1500] (f. 1v) (5 verses) (5/5) [31709] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν‧ οὗ μία μορφή [1301-1325] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 3549,8° [1301-1325] (f. 106r) (5 verses) (4/5) [23361] NA [1476-1500] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.III.15 [1476-1500] (f. 103v) (5 verses) [31668] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς, καὶ τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 191r -- (alt.) f. 194r) (5 verses) (4/5) [22878] ἔστι δίπουν (ἐπὶ) γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνή [1301-1325] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 40 [1301-1325] (f. 20v) (5 verses) (5/5) [26067] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς (καὶ) τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνὴ [1376-1400] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 43 sup. [1376-1400] (f. 249r) (5 verses) (5/5) [26072] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνή [1401-1425] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 105 sup. [1401-1425] (f. 70r) (5 verses) (5/5) [26111] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μία φωνὴ [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 54v) (5 verses) (5/5) [26115] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅς δ' ἐπὶ γαῖαν [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 285v) (4 verses) (4/5) [34313] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνὴ [1301-1350] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 334 [1301-1350] (f. 68v) (5 verses) (5/5) [31878] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γ(ῆς) καὶ τετράπ(ον)‧ οὗ μία φωνὴ [1270-1330] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330] (f. 139r) (5 verses) (5/5) [23183] (...) ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα (...) [14th c.] PRAGUE - Národní Knihovna České Republiky XXV C 26 [14th c.] (f. 58r) (3 verses) (2/5) [24471] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μιᾶ φω|νὴ [1491-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 139 [1491-1500] (f. 158v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25442] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνή [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 140 [13th c.] (f. 66r) (5 verses) (5/5) [25392] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς· καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μία μορφή [1326-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 142 [1326-1500] (f. 121v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25226] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς: οὗ μία φωνὴ κ(αὶ) τετράπου [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 46 [14th c.] (f. 96v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25214] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 48 [14th c.] (f. 87r) (5 verses) (5/5) [25228] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνή [1415] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 52 [1415] (f. 136v) (5 verses) (5/5) [24465] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν, οὐ μία φωνὴ [1351-1400] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 896 [1351-1400] (f. 129v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25337] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 48v) (5 verses) (5/5) [24499] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅσ᾽ ἐπί γαῖαν [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.] (f. 188r) (4 verses) (4/5) [22267] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν | οὗ μία φωνὴ [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 128v) (5 verses) (5/5) [22347] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ (...)τράπουν· οὗ μία φωνή [May 1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [01/05/1413-31/05/1413] (f. 85r) (5 verses) (5/5) [22400] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς (καὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνὴ [1476-1500] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 289 [1476-1500] (f. 92v) (5 verses) (5/5) display 21 more occurrences (24 in total) hide 21 occurrences (24 in total) Acknowledgements Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. Permalink https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/25117 Last modified: 2017-03-06. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
