Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26193
(formerly occ/10246)

	σοφοκλέους ὧδ' ἐστὶ τοῦ σοφοῦ γένο(ς)
	ὃς πάντ(ας) ἄρδην τ(οὺς) σοφ(οὺς) ἐν τ(οῖς) λόγ(οις),
	ὑπέρβαλλε κράτιστα τιμ(ῶν) τ(οὺς) λόγ(ους).
	τ(οὺς) τραγικοὺς τε (καὶ) τραγωδιογράφ(ους)

Type(s)	[4083] Σοφοκλέους ὧδ' ἐστὶ τοῦ σοφοῦ γένος (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 6 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 21v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Sophocles' Vita.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Image source(s)	https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4169883#page/50/mode/1up
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[20175] σοφοκλέους ὧδ' ἐστὶ τοῦ σοφοῦ γένος [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 98 [1372] (f. 206v) (4 verses) (4/4) [26012] (...)φοκλέους ὧδ' ἐστι τοῦ σοφοῦ γένος [1276-1300] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana E 103 sup. [1276-1300] (f. 1r) (3 verses) (3/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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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