Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31306

	∙: τ(ὸν) ἀλκμέων(α). π(ῶς) λέγ(ειν) \| οὐκ ἰσχύω,: \|
	ψιλὸν· μέγα γράφου(σ)(ιν) \| (ὡς), τῆδε βλέπεις: \|
	μέτρ(οις) ἐφεῦρ(ον) ἀκριβ(ῶς), εὐριπίδου:
	δίφθογγ(ον) οἱ νῦν (καὶ) μ(έ)γ(α) γράφουσί δε:
	μωρ(ῶς)· ἀτέχν(ως), ἐν, γραφαῖς πεφυρμέναις: \|
	δίφθογγ(ον) ὁ τζέτζ(ης) (δε) (καὶ) μι(κ)(ρ)(ὸν) γρ(άφ)ει:
	ὅμηρο(ς) (ὥσ)περ, τεχνικ(οῖς) γράφει λόγ(οις):
	οὐ τυγχά(νει) γ(αρ) τοῦτο, τ(ῶν) παρωνύμων: \|
	ἐκ, ῥήμ(α)το(ς) (δὲ), τυγχά(νει) παρηγμ(έν)(ον):
	ὡς, ἀλλαχοῦ ποῦ πρ(ὶν), διέγραψα πλάτει +

Type(s)	[31304] Τὸν Ἀλκμέωνα, πῶς, λέγειν οὐκ ἰσχύω (10 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. 92r
Person(s)	Scribe John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Palaeographical information	Written in the right and lower margin. The scholium is preceded by a signe-de-renvoi, which links it to the word 'ἀλκμέωνι' in the main text (Thuc. 2.102.5).
Contextual information	The epigram is written next to Thucydides' Histories 2.102.5.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Homer (8th c. BC) John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec252/0195
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 161-162 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 95-98
Number of verses	10
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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