Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 27023
(formerly occ/11095)

ἡ τοῦ αἰνίγματος λύσις
 
Κλῦθι(...) (καὶ) οὐκ ἐθέλουσα κακόπτερε μοῦσα θανόντων |
φωνῆς ἡμετέρης σὸν τέλος ἀμπλακίης: |
ἄν(θρωπ)ον κατέλεξας ὃς ἡνίκα γαῖαν ἐφέρπει |
πρῶτον ἔφυ τετράπους νήπιος ἐκ λαγόνων |
γηραλέος δὲ πέλων τρίττατου πόδα βάκτρον | ἐπαγεί
αὐχένα φορτίζων γήραι καμπτόμενος
Type(s) [6371] Κλῦθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα, κακόπτερε Μοῦσα θανόντων (6 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1476-1500
Manuscript VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 289 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript f. 92v
Palaeographical information The initial and title are written in red ink.
The scribe of this epigram uses a peculiar abbreviation for καὶ, similar to 'εσ'. In v.1 the more common abbreviation for κ(αὶ) is written above this 'εσ'.
Contextual information The epigram is the third in a series of four epigrams, located in between the text of Euripides' Phoinissai.
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s) Oedipus
Image source(s) http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_7489761&order=1&view=SINGLE
Number of verses 6
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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