Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31259

	+ μιμῇ κακ(ῶς) λάκωνα, μακρ(οῖς) \| ἐν, λόγ(οις):
	αἴκα γ(ὰρ) ἐχρῆν \| ἢ μικρ(ὸν) πλέ(ον) φάναι,: \|
	(καὶ), συμπεραίν(ειν) τῶν \| λακών(ων) τοὺς λόγους:+

Type(s)	[31258] Μιμῇ κακῶς Λάκωνα μακροῖς ἐν λόγοις (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1146-1155
Manuscript	HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950]
Place in Manuscript	f. 33v
Person(s)	Scribe John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Palaeographical information	Written in the left margin.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies Thucydides' Histories 1.85.1.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Sparta Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec252/0078
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 69 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 87-89 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 70-71
Number of verses	3
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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