Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26116
(formerly occ/10168)

	στίχοι

	+ μῦθος παλαιὸ(ς), ὡς ἄτλ(ας) νώτοις φέρει
	τὸν οὐ(ρα)νόν κάτωθ(εν), ἐκ γῆς, ἀνέχων·
	σὺ δ' οὖν ἀκούων, γνῶθι τοῦτ' ἀληγόρ(ως).
	ὄρος γὰρ ἀτλ(ας) λιβύης ἐν ἐσχάτοις
	οὗ τ(ὴν) κορυφὴν, ἐκ νεφῶν κεκρυμμέν(ην),
	εἶναι δοκοῦσ(ιν) οὐ(ρα)νοῖς συνημμένην·
	ἐντεῦθ(εν) οὖν ἕλλησιν ἡ μυθουργία,
	ἄτλαντα νώτοις, εἰσαεὶ πόλ(ον) φέρειν:-

Type(s)	[6991] Μῦθος παλαιὸς ὡς Ἄτλας νώτοις φέρει (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1375
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 47 sup. [1375]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13v
Palaeographical information	Written on the left margin.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://213.21.172.25/0b02da82800af456
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[27053] (...)υθος παλαιὸς \| ὡς ἄτλας νώτοις φέρ(ει) [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2785 [14th c.] (f. 14r) (8 verses) (8/8) [27054] μῦθος παλαιὸς ὡς ἄτλας νώτοις φέρει [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2787 [15th c.] (f. 18v) (8 verses) (8/8)
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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