Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31733

	᠅ τ(ὸν) χῖον ἂν γράψει(ας)· ὅσπερ ἐκ χίου \|
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Type(s)	[31730] Τὸν Χῖον ἂν γράψειας ὅσπερ ἐκ Χίου (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. 289v
Person(s)	Scribe John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Palaeographical information	Written in the left margin.
Contextual information	The epigram is written next to Thucydides' Histories 8.7.1 and refers to the word 'χῖον' in the main text, which Tzetzes corrected into 'χίος'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Chios
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec252/0590
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 408 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 125-126
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(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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