Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31712

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	Τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦτο τ(ὴν) ταφ(ὴν) πολυδώρ(ου)
	πολυξένυς τε· τὴν \| σφαγὴν διαγράφει·
	καὶ τοῦ πολυμήστορος ὀμμ(ά)τ(ων) δικ(ην)
	οἵαν δεδρακ(ὼς) εὗρ(εν) ἀντιμισθί(αν)

Type(s)	[3815] Τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦτο τὴν ταφὴν Πολυδώρου (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	June 1326
Manuscript	SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 31 (1-1-18) [June 1326]
Place in Manuscript	f. 119r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Kalliandres (14th c.) - VGH: 172.G - PLP: V.10352 (anagnostes, chartophylax of Rhodos < Greece, nomikos)
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Euripides' Hecuba. It is written in between the dramatis personae and the hypothesis.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Hecuba
Image source(s)	https://gredos.usal.es/handle/10366/143246
Bibliography	Secondary M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 214
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[31707] τὸ δράμα τοῦτο τὴν ταφὴν πολυδώρου [1301-1325] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 3549,8° [1301-1325] (f. 3v) (4 verses) (3/4) [19750] Τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦτο τὴν ταφὴν Πολυδώρου [1325] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II F 9 [1325] (f. 93r) (4 verses) (4/4) [31714] NA [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève 3400 [14th c.] () (? verses) [31700] τὸ \| δρᾶμα τοῦτο τ(ὴ)ν ταφὴν πολυδώρου [1275-1300] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1345 [1276-1325] (f. 97r) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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