Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 32520

	+ ὁ μὲν σολομῶν ἀσματοψαλμογράφος,
	ἔφθη προειπὼν \| γραφικαῖς παροιμίαις,
	μήπω νικησάτω σε γυναι\|κὸς τέκνον,
	ἐπιθυμία πλὴν ἰδί(ας) ἀλόχου·
	καὶ γὰρ γλυ\|(...) (...)έει τῶν χειλέων,
	αὐτῆς τα πρῶτα κἂν δοκῆ σοι \| τεκνίον,
	μέλι γλυκαῖνον οὖσα καθάπερ ἄλλο·
	ἀλλ’ \| ὕστερον φεῦ προξενεῖ σοι πικρίαν·
	πυκνοῖς ὀϊστοῖς σὸν \| δαμάζουσα κέαρ.
	(καὶ) ταῦτα γλῶττα σολομώντειος ἔφη,
	ἄθρει θεατὰ τοιγαροῦν τ(ὴν) τῆς βίβλου,
	ἐρωτικὴν πλα\|κεῖσαν ὑφὴν (καὶ) φράσιν·
	(καὶ) νοῦν ἔχουσαν ἀφροδισίων \| τρόπων,
	ἥτις καθαρῶς ἐστι πρῶτα γλυκύτης,
	ἐσύστερον \| δ’ αὖ, πικροπυρφόρον βέλος·
	ἀρχ(ῆ) το λοιπὸν ἁπα(...)ς \| σκόπει τέλος: +

Type(s)	[4735] Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος (16 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1364
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2915 [1364]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Contextual information	The epigram is the last in a series of three poems, which precede Eustathios Makrembolites' Hysmine and Hysminias.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Hysmine and Hysminias Solomon
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722532x/f6.item
Bibliography	Primary M. Marcovich, 2001, Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI, München-Leipzig: XXIII-XXIV
Number of verses	16
Related occurrence(s)	[21297] Ὁ μὲν σολομὼν ἀσματοψαλμογράφος [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 405 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (10 verses) (10/16) [21298] Ἄθρει θεατὰ τοιγαροῦν τ(ὴν) τῆς βίβλου [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 405 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (6 verses) (6/16) [32531] Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος [1501-1510] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III AA 3 [1501-1510] (f. 1r) (16 verses) (16/16) [32528] Ὁ μὲν σολομ(ὼν) ἀσματοψαλμογράφος [16th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2914 [15th c.] (f. 1r-1v) (16 verses) (16/16)
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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