Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25431
(formerly occ/9461)

	·:· ἔρωτα πικρ(ὸν) ἀλλὰ σώφρονα βίον·
	ὁ κλειτοφῶντος ὥσπερ ἐμφαίνη λόγος·
	ὁ λευκίππης (δὲ) σωφρονέστατος βίος,
	ἅπαντας ἐξίστησι πῶς τετυμμ(ένη)
	κεκαρμ(έν)η τε κ(αὶ) κατηχρειωμένη,
	τὸ δὴ μέγιστον τρὶς θανοῦσ’ ἐκαρτέρει·
	εἴπερ (δὲ) κ(αὶ) σὺ σωφρον(εῖν) θέλ(εις) φίλος,
	μὴ τὴν πάρεργον τ(ῆς) γραφ(ῆς) σκόπει θέ(αν):-

Type(s)	[4581] Ἔρωτα πικρόν, ἀλλὰ σώφρονα βίον (10 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. 114 [13th-14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 98v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink. 6 τρὶς man. sec. addita
Contextual information	The epigram follows Achilles Tatius' Leukippe and Kleitophon.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Leukippe and Kleitophon
Bibliography	Secondary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 140
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[21089] Ἔρωτα πικρὸν ἀλλὰ σώφρονα βίον [13th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 627 [1251-1300] (f. 36r) (2 verses) (2/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, 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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