Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31732

	Οὐαὶ Προμηθεῦ κρᾶξον οὐαί σοι μέγα·
	χάριν βροτῶν γὰρ ἠπατήσας τὸν Δία·
	καὶ λάθρα τούτου, πῶς τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις·
	εἶτ’ οὐδ’ ἐπείσθης ὤν περ ἐσταυρωμένος
	τὸν ἐκβαλοῦντα τῶν θρόνων εἰπεῖν Δία,
	τῷ τοι κεραυνὸς ἐκ πόλου κατηγμένος,
	ἔργον τίθησι συντριβῆς σε τὸν τάλαν·
	αἴαζε τοίνυν· τοῦτο γὰρ πάρεστί σοι:-

Type(s)	[3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 verses)
Text source	L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 527-528
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 4 [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Prometheus Zeus
Bibliography	Primary D. Rasljic 2022, Two Greek Paratext Poems from the Manuscript Q No. 2 of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philologia Classica, 17(1), 113-124: 121 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: 198
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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