Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26115
(formerly occ/10167)

	αἴνιγμα:

	Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅς δ' ἐπὶ γαῖαν
	ἑρπετὰ γίνεται ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα καὶ κατὰ πόντον·
	ἀλλ’ ὁπότ' ἂν, πλεόνεσσιν ἐρειδόμενον ποσὶ βαίνῃ
	ἔνθα τάχος γυίοισιν ἀφαυρότερον πέλει αὑτοῦ:

Type(s)	[5396] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 285v
Palaeographical information	Initial written in majuscule letters.
Contextual information	This is the last of three epigrams that precede Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Oedipus
Comment	The scribe combines the first and the second verse of the type.
Image source(s)	http://213.21.172.25/0b02da8280051bbe
Number of verses	4
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