Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 29368

+ ἐπίγραμμα· ὅπερ εἶπε πτολεμαῖος εἰς ἑαυτ(ὸν)· +
 
+οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων |
μαστεύω πικνὰς (?) ἀμφιδρόμους ἕλικας· |
οὐκέτ’ ἐπιψαύω γαίης ποσίν· ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτῶ |
ζηνὶ, θεοτρεφέος πίμπλαμαι ἀμβροσίης. +
Type(s) [2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1200
Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 117 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 1v
Palaeographical information The epigram is written by the main scribe of the manuscript in prose form. The vertical bars, which distinguish the verses, seem to have been added by another hand.
Contextual information It precedes a table of contents of Ptolemy's Geography.
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.177/0008
Number of verses 4
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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