Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25384
(formerly occ/9413)

	+ ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει,
	τρύχει βία φάραγγι προσπεπηγμένος·
	τὸ πῦρ προμηθεῦ ὃ βροτοῖς ἐχαρίσω,
	ὕλη πρὸς ἀκάμαντον εὑρέθη φλόγα·
	ὀργῆς κατά σου· πρὸς θεῶν πυρσουμένης:·

Type(s)	[3434] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1401-1450
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 43r
Person(s)	Scribe Emmanuel Maurianos (15th c.) - RGK: III.191 - VGH: 118.C - PLP: VII.17415
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns.
Contextual information	The epigram is placed at the end of Prometheus Bound and is followed by the poem, inc. 'αἰσχύλε τὶ φὴς τοὺς θεοὺς σου προσφέρεις'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus
Bibliography	Primary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 52
Number of verses	5
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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