Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 30582

	ἀγαθίου στίχοι ἐπιτύμβιοι εἰς πλουτάρχον

	σεῖο πολυκνήεντα τύπον στῆσαν χαιρωνεῦ
	πλούταρχε, κρατερῶν υἱέες αὐσονίων.
	ὅττι παραλλήλοισι βίοις, ἕλληνας ἀρίστους
	ῥώμης εὐπολέμοις, ἥρμοσας ἐνναέταις·
	ἀλλὰ τεοῦ βιότοιο παράλληλον βίον ἄλλον
	οὐδὲ σὺ γ’ ἂν γράψης· οὐ γὰρ ὅμοιον ἔχεις·

Type(s)	[3533] Σεῖο πολυκλήεντα τύπον στῆσαν, Χαιρωνεῦ (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Add. 5423 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Contextual information	The epigram is the first in a series of three epigrams, which precede Plutarch's Vitae Parallelae.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Plutarch (1st c. - 2nd c.)
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_5423_f001v
Bibliography	Secondary F. Valerio 2013, Aduersaria Agathiana. Per una nuova edizione degli epigrammi, Incontri di filologia classica, 11, 193-215: 196
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19460] σεῖο πολυκλήεντα τύπον στῆσαν χερωνεῦ [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 69, Cod. 6 [997] (f. 289r) (6 verses) (6/6) [21944] Σεῖο πολυκλήεντα \| τύπον στήσαντο χερωνεῦ [1476-1500] GLASGOW - University Library - Hunter 424 (V.4.8.) [1348] (f. 7v) (6 verses) (3/6) [22435] σεῖο πολυκλήεντα τύπον στήσαν χαιρωνεῦ [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. IV 55 [10th c.] (f. 294r) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) 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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