Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31263

	+ χαιρωνί(αν) γίνωσκε (καὶ) κορωνί(αν) \|
	ἴων(ας) ἐγγράφοντ(ας) (ὡς), τζέτζ(ης) λέγει: \|
	ἰῶτ(α) λοιπ(όν) εἰσ(ιν) ἰών(ων) λόγοις: \|
	οὕτω γράφ(ειν) δε φη(σὶ) (καὶ) θουκυδίδ(ην), \|
	οὐδ(ὲν) παρ’ εἰκό(ς)· αὐτὸ(ς) αὑτοῦ γ(αρ) λόγ(οις), \|
	τ(οὺς) ἀττικ(οὺς), ἴων(ας) (ὡς) εὕρ(ης) λέγει +

Type(s)	[31260] Χαιρωνίαν γίνωσκε καὶ Κορωνίαν (6 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. 41v
Person(s)	Scribe John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Palaeographical information	Written in the left margin. The scholium is preceded by a signe-de-renvoi, which links it to the words 'χαιρωνίαν' and 'κορωνίᾳ' in the main text (Thuc. 1.113.1).
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies Thucydides' Histories 1.113.1.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Grammar John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/ Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec252/0094
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 83 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 63-65, 89 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 71
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(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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