Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31689

	ἐς τ(ὴν) μάχ(ην) τὲ (καὶ) ἑτοίμαζ(ον) γρ(άφ)(ειν),
	τ(ῆς) ἀττ(ι)(κ)(ῆς) οὐκ, (ἔστιν) ἀλλ’ ἰωνίδο(ς):

Type(s)	[31687] Ἐς τὴν μάχην τε καὶ ἑτοίμαζον γράφειν (2 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. 258r
Person(s)	Scribe John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Palaeographical information	Written in the right margin.
Contextual information	The verse is written next to Thucydides' Histories 7.18.4 and refers to the phrase 'ἑτοίμαζον ἐς τὸν ἐπιτειχισμόν' in the main text, which Tzetzes corrected into 'ἡτοίμαζον εἰς' supra lineam.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec252/0527
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 379 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 120
Number of verses	2
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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