Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25214
(formerly occ/9236)

	+ τὸ αἴνιγμα τῆς σφιγγὸς+

	+ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή,
	καὶ τρίπουν· ἀλλάσσει \| δὲ βοὴν μόνον, ὅσσ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν,
	ἑρπετὰ κινεῖτ(αι) ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα κ(αὶ) \| κατ(ὰ) πόντον·
	ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν πλείστοισιν ἐπειγόμενον ποσὶ βαί\|νη,
	ἔνθα τάχος γυίοισιν, ἀφαυρότατ(ον) πέλει αὑτοῦ· +

Type(s)	[5396] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 48 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 87r
Palaeographical information	The title is written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Oedipus
Comment	Nousia (2016: 122): 'Sphinx's aenigma'.
Bibliography	Secondary F. Nousia, 2016, Byzantine Textbooks of the Palaeologan Period, Vaticano: 122
Number of verses	5
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