Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26418
(formerly occ/10477)

	λουκιανοῦ εἰς τον ὅμηρον:-

	ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης
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	ὑμνοπόλους δ’ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν ὅμηρος·
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Type(s)	[4625] Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1693 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 56r
Palaeographical information	The title and the first letter of each verse are rubricated. The second and fourth verse are concluded with an extra red dot.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105096029/f125.item.zoom
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julie Boeten Transcriber(s) Julie Boeten 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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