Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25622
(formerly occ/9654)

	+ἰλιάδος ῥῶ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:+

	+ῥῶ περὶ σῶμα θανόντος, ἔβη ξανθὸς μενέλαος:+

Type(s)	[6281] Ῥῶ, περὶ σῶμα θανόντος ἔβη ξανθὸς Μενέλαος (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1451-1500
Manuscript	LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. F° 64 [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 367v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the beginning of book Ρ (ῥῶ) of the Iliad. It is followed immediately by a similar epigram (inc. ῥῶ δαναοὶ τρῶες τε νέκυν πε(ρὶ) χεῖρας ἔμισγον) and the title.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Menelaos
Number of verses	1
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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