Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25137
(formerly occ/9153)

	θουκυδίδης ἔλεξεν ἑὸν νόον· ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι·
	οἷα περ ἱστορίης δημηγόρον ἦθος ὑφαίνων·
	δεξιτερήν γὰρ ἀνέσχε μετάρσιον ὡς πρὶν ἀείδων,
	σπάρτης πικρὸν ἄρηα κ(αὶ) αὐτῶν κεκροπιδάων·
	ἑλλάδος ἀμητῆρα πολυθρέπτοιο τιθήνης: +

Type(s)	[3245] Θουκυδίδης δ’ ἐλέλιζεν ἑὸν νόον· ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 91 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 230r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael Apostoles Byzantios (1420 - 1474-1486) - RGK: I.278, II.379, III.454 - VGH: 305.B - PLP: I.1201
Contextual information	It is followed by the epigram: inc. 'Ὦ φίλος· εἰ σοφὸς εἶ. λάβε μ᾽ ἐς χέρ(ας)· εἰ δὲ πέφυκας'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Athenai Sparta Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.gr.91/0232
Bibliography	Primary C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 135
Number of verses	5
Related occurrence(s)	[21006] θουκυδίδης δ’ ἐλέλιζεν ἑὸν νόον· ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι [1461] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 72 sup. [1461] (f. 2r) (5 verses) (5/5) [21066] θουκυδίδης ἔλεξεν ἑὸν νόον· ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι [1426-1475] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1636 [1426-1475] (f. IIv) (5 verses) (5/5) [33173] θουκυδίδης ἐλέλιζεν· ἐὸν νόον· ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 255 [11th c.] (f. 292r) (5 verses) (5/5) [19087] Θουκυδίδης ἔλεξεν ἑὸν νόον, ἦν δὲ νοῆσαι [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 89 [15th c.] (f. 393r) (5 verses) (5/5) [24505] θουκυδίδης ἐλέλιζεν ἑὸν ἠνδὲ νοῆσαι [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 126 [11th c.] (f. 188v) (5 verses) (5/5)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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