Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25963
(formerly occ/10002)

	λουκιανοῦ εἰς τὸν ὅμηρον·

	ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης
	ἄξονα δινήσας ἔμπυρος ἠέλιος·
	ὑμνοπόλους δ’ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν ὅμηρος·
	λαμπρότατον μουσῶν φέγγος ἀνασχόμενος:-

Type(s)	[4625] Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 4 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 151r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Aelianus' Variae historiae.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Nina Sietis Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) 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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