Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31878

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	τὸ σφιγγὸς αἴνιγμα:

	Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γ(ῆς) καὶ τετράπ(ον)‧ οὗ μία φωνὴ‧
	κ(αὶ) τρίπον, ἀλλάσσει (δὲ) βοὴν μόν(ον), ὅσσ’ ἐπὶ γαῖ(αν)‧
	ἑρπετὰ κινεῖται. ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα κ(αὶ) κατὰ πόντ(ον)‧
	ἀλλ’ ὁπότ(αν) πλείστοισ(ιν) ἐπειγόμεν(ον) ποσὶ βαίνη,
	ἔνθα τάχο(ς) γυίοισ(ιν) ἀφαυρότατ(ον) πέλει αὑτοῦ:-

Type(s)	[5396] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1270-1330
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330]
Place in Manuscript	f. 139r
Palaeographical information	The title and the initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Oedipus Tyrannus.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Oedipus
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458260w/f151.item
Number of verses	5
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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.
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