Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25331
(formerly occ/9356)

	στίχοι τὴν ἔννοι(αν) τοῦ τῆς ἠλέκτρας δράματο(ς) ἐμπεριέχοντες

	Λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ οὐ μητέρα·
	καὶ τόν σύνευν(ον) ἄνδρα τ(ὸν) π(α)τρ(ο)κτόνον,
	ὁ τοῦ π(α)τρ(ὸ)ς τιμωρὸ(ς) ἐκτελῶν ὄπα·
	τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κράτιστον ἄσκευον μόνην,
	κτανὼν, ἔθαλλ(εν) (ὡς) ὀνείρ(οις) τ(οῖς) πάλαι
	εἶδε θανοῦσα πρ(ὶν) θάνη τελεσφόρα
	Ἡ δ᾽ αὐταδέλφη χαρμον(ῆς) πεπλησμένη,
	ἀφῆκε λυπρὸν πένθο(ς) ἀστεγὲς δάκρυ:+

Type(s)	[3445] Λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν, ἀλλ’ οὐ μητέρα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th-14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 48r
Palaeographical information	The title and the initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram follows Sophocles' Electra.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Electra Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Bibliography	Primary M. Tomadaki, Emilie M. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 208-201
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[19355] λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 194v -- (alt.) f. 190v) (8 verses) (8/8) [24528] λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 40 [14th c.] (f. 48v) (8 verses) (8/8) [20995] λέαιν(αν) ἢ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [1333] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [1326-1500] (f. 69r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki
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