Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 30806

	Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν, οὔνομα, φωνήν.
	Μέτρον μὲν Κλεόβουλος ὁ Λίνδιος εἶπεν ἄριστον
	(…)
	Τοὺς πλέονας κακίους δὲ Βίας ἐπέφηνε Πριηνεύς.
	Ἐγγύην φεύγειν δὲ Θαλῆς Μιλήσιος ηὔδα.

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Type(s)	[3518] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν, οὔνομα, φωνήν (8 verses)
Text source	E. Lappa-Zizica, M. Rizou-Kouroupou, 1991, Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη (10ος-16ος αἰ.), Athens: 100
Text status	Text partially unknown
Date	14th-15th c.
Manuscript	ATHENS - Mouseio Benaki - Τ. Α. 60 (Zizica-Kouroupou 50 ) [14th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 65v
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Bias of Priene < Asia Minor < Turkey (6th c. BC) Chilon of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (6th c. BC) Cleobulus of Lindos < Rhodos < Greece (6th c. BC) Periander of Korinthos < Corinthia < Peloponnesos < Greece (7th c. BC - 585 BC) Pittacus of Mytilene < Lesbos < Greece (640 BC - 568 BC) Seven Sages Solon of Athenai < Attike < Greece (630 BC - 560 BC) Thales of Miletos < Caria < Asia Minor < Turkey (7th c. BC - 6th c. BC)
Comment	Tziatzi-Papagianni (1994: 435): states that the epigram is preserved on f. 65r.
Bibliography	Secondary M. Tziatzi-Papagiani, 1994, Die Sprüche der sieben Weisen, Zwei byzantinische Sammlungen. Einleitung, Text, Testimonien und Kommentar, Stuttgart – Leipzig: 435
Number of verses	?
Related occurrence(s)	[30809] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν, οὔνομα, φωνήν [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 131 [15th c.] (f. 93v) (8 verses) (2/?) [30814] NA [13th-14th c.] BOLOGNA - Biblioteca Universitaria 3630 [13th-14th c.] (f. 162v) (? verses) [23685] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος, πόλιν οὔνομα φωνήν [1401-1450] CREMONA - Biblioteca Governativa 160 [1401-1450] (f. 57v) (8 verses) (4/?) [19441] Μέτρον μὲν, κλεόβουλος ὁ λίνδος, εἶπεν ἄριστον [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 60, Cod. 4 [15th c.] (f. 76v) (7 verses) (3/?) [30818] NA [1401-1525] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 59 [15th c.] (f. 87v) (? verses) [30804] Επτα σοφῶν ἐρέω κατεπος πόλιν ουνομα φωνην [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 110 sup. [1451-1500] (f. IVr) (? verses) (2/?) [30819] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος‧ πόλιν‧ οὔνομα‧ φωνήν [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 495 [14th-15th c.] (f. 50r) (8 verses) (4/?) [30820] ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω (...) [15th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Statale Oratoriana dei Girolamini XXII.I [15th c.] (f. 136r) (? verses) (2/?) [30811] NA [14th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 16 [14th c.] (f. 59r) (? verses) [30826] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν οὔνομα φωνήν [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2720 [15th c.] (f. 21r) (8 verses) (4/?) [25143] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν, οὔνομα, φωνήν [13th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 95 [13th-15th c.] (f. 319r) (8 verses) (4/?) [30923] NA [1400-1500] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. IX 34 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (? verses) [22459] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος (...) [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. XI 9 [15th c.] (f. 106r) (8 verses) (2/?) [30925] Ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος πόλιν οὔνομα φωνήν [1450-1500] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 192 [1450-1500] (f. 102v) (8 verses) (4/?) [30933] ἑπτὰ σοφῶν ἐρέω κατ’ ἔπος‧ πόλιν‧ οὔνομα‧ φωνήν [1337] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 219 [1326-1500] (f. 4v) (9 verses) (4/?) display 12 more occurrences (15 in total) hide 12 occurrences (15 in total)
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