Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26197
(formerly occ/10250)

	+ ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω σθένει,
	(καὶ) χωματῶν θάλασσαν ὡς φυσῶν μέγα,
	τ(οῖς) ἀττικ(οῖς) ἄθυρμα δείκνυται ξέρξης:-

Type(s)	[4208] Ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτῳ θράσει (3 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. 21r
Palaeographical information	Written in purple ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written the end of Aeschylus' 'The Persians'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Xerxes I (519 BC - 465 BC)
Image source(s)	https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4169883#page/49/mode/1up
Bibliography	Primary K. De Meyier, 1955, Codices vossiani graeci et miscellanei, Leiden: 99
Number of verses	3
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Mathijs Clement, 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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