Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 32481

	Πολυδεύκους ἔπη εἰς κόμωδ(ον) \| τὸν βασιλέα

	Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ καὶ γεωργὲ σπερμάτων·
	Τρέφεις κατολβίζεις μὲ καμ(ά)τ(ων) δίχα·
	Ἀνηρότως ηὔλησα τὴν πανσπερμίαν·
	Ἀμαλθί(ας) εὕρημα τὴν βίβλον κέρας·
	Κάμνεις ὀρύττων τὰς πολυκρόνους φλέβ(ας)·
	Ὡς αὐτὸς ἀκάμ(α)τ(ον) ἕξω τὴν πόσιν·
	Τὴν γοῦν ἀμοιβ(ὴν) χάριν ὑψόθεν λάβοις·
	Ἂν εὐσέβει(αν) τοῖς πόνοις κεραννύης:

Type(s)	[2510] Χρυσοῦ μεταλλεῦ καὶ γεωργὲ σπερμάτων (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1491
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III E 38 [1491]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Palaeographical information	The title and intials are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Julius Pollux' Onomasticon.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.) Lucius Aurelius Commodus (31/08/161 - 31/12/192)
Bibliography	Primary M. Formentin, F. Richetti, L. Siben, 2015, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 3), Roma: 208, 298 (image: plate XVI) Secondary S. Cyrillus, 1832, Codices graeci mss Regiae Bibliothecae Borbonicae (vol. 2), Napels: 472
Number of verses	8
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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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