Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31701

	στίχοι πολιτ(ικοὶ) του τζέτζου

	ολύδωρον ἑκάβης τε κ(αὶ) τοῦ πριάμου παῖδα,
	ὁ πολυμήστωρ ἔκτεινεν, ὁ τῶν θρακ(ῶν) κατάρχων,
	ἀφ’ οὗ τ(ὴν) τροί(αν) ἔμαθ(εν) ἕλλησι πορθηθῆναι‧
	κ(αὶ) κτείν(ας) εἰς τ(ὴν) θάλασσ(αν) ἔρριψε τ(ὴν) ἐκεῖσε
	κ(αί)περ λαβὼν π(αρὰ) π(ατ)ρ(ό)ς ὅπ(ως) αὐτ(ὸς) φυλάσσοι,
	ἑκάβης αἰχμαλώτ(ου) δε οὔσ(ης) ἐν χερονήσω‧
	ἐκεῖ γ(ὰ)ρ κ(αὶ) τὸ στράτευμα ὑπῆρχε τ(ῶν) ἑλλήν(ων),
	ὄναρ φανεὶς πολύδωρος τῆ σφῇ μ(ητ)ρὶ ἑκάβη.
	ὅπ(ως) αὐτ(ὸν) ἀπέκτειν(εν) ὁ πολυμήστωρ λέγει
	κ(αὶ) τὰ λοιπά δε σύμπαντα λεπτομερεῖ τῶ λόγω,
	οὕτω κατ’ ἔπος λέγει δε διὰ τοῦ εὐριπίδου·
	ἥκω νεκρ(ῶν) κευθμῶνα τὲ κ(αὶ) πύλ(ας) ἀφεὶς σκότου
	ἔκτοτε τ(οῖς) φυγοῦσι δε δειν(ῆς) ἐξ ἀρρωστί(ας),
	ὡς ἐγερθεῖσιν ἐκ νεκρ(ῶν) λέγομ(εν) τὰ τοιαῦτα‧
	τ(οῖς) μὴ μαθοῦσι γράφομ(εν) οὐ τ(οῖς) μαθοῦσι ταῦτα:-

Type(s)	[4248] Πολύδωρον Ἑκάβης τε καὶ τοῦ Πριάμου παῖδα (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1275-1300
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1345 [1276-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 98v
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, in the so-called "Fettaugenstil".
Contextual information	The verses are included in scholia to Euripides' Hecuba.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Hecuba
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1345
Number of verses	15
Related occurrence(s)	[21204] πολύδωρον ἑκάβης τε καὶ τοῦ πριάμου παῖδα [1375] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 47 sup. [1375] (f. 73v) (5 verses) (4/15) [20496] Πολύδωρον, ἑκάβης τὲ καὶ τοῦ πριάμου παῖδα [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 142 [1326-1500] (f. 10v) (15 verses) (14/15)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/31701

Last modified: 2020-08-28.