Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25388
(formerly occ/9417)

	χρησμὸς ὁ δοθεὶς λαίω τῶ θηβαίω:+

	λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς·
	δώσω τοι φίλον υἱόν· αὐτὰρ πεπρωμένον ἐστὶ,
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	ζεὺς κρονίδης πέλοπος στυγεραῖσιν ἀραῖσι πιθήσας·
	οὗ φίλον ἤρπασας υἱόν· ὁ δ’ ηὔξατό σοι τάδε πάντα:+

Type(s)	[3285] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη· παίδων γένος ὄλβιον ζητεῖς (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. 50 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 143r
Palaeographical information	The initials are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Oedipus Tyrranus.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Laios Oedipus Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Bibliography	Primary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 45
Number of verses	5
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Mathijs Clement The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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