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Occurrence 25118
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	κλύθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα κακόπτερε μοῦσα θανόντ(ων)·
	φωνῆς ἡμετέρης σὸν τέλος ἀμπλακίης
	ἄν(θρωπ)ον κατέ\|λεξας, ὃς ἡνίκα γαῖαν ὑφέρπει;
	πρῶτον ἔφυ τετράπους \| νήπιος ἐκ λαγόν(ων)·
	γηραλαίος (δὲ) πέλων, τρίτατον πόδα \| βάκτρον ἐρείδει·
	αὐχένα φορτίζων, γήραϊ καμπτόμ(εν)ος:-

Type(s)	[6371] Κλῦθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα, κακόπτερε Μοῦσα θανόντων (6 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 preceded by the enigma of Sphinx.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107222337/f144.item
Number of verses	6
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