Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 32531

Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος
ἔφθη προειπὼν γραφικαῖς παροιμίαις·
“Μήπω νικησάτω σε γυναικός, τέκνον,
ἐπιθυμία πλὴν ἰδίας ἀλόγου·
καὶ γὰρ γλυκύ τι ἐκρέει τῶν χειλέων
αὐτῆς τὰ πρῶτα, κἂν δοκεῖ σοι, τεκνίον,
μέλι γλυκαῖνον οὖσα καθάπερ ἄλλο·
ἀλλ’ ὕστερον, φεῦ, προξενεῖ σοι πικρίαν
πυκνοῖς ὀϊστοῖς σὸν δαμάζουσα κέαρ.”
Καὶ ταῦτα γλώττη Σολομώντειος ἔφη.
Ἄθρει, θεατά, τοιγαροῦν τὴν τῆς βίβλου
ἐρωτικὴν πλασθεῖσαν ὑφὴν καὶ φράσιν
καὶ νοῦν ἔχουσαν ἀφροδισίων τρόπων,
ἥτις καθαρῶς ἐστι πρώτη γλυκύτης,
ἐς ὕστερον δ’ αὖ πικροπυρφόρον βέλος·
ἀρχὴ τὸ λοιπὸν ἁπάσης σκόπει τέλος.
Type(s) [4735] Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος (16 verses)
Text source M. Marcovich, 2001, Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI, München-Leipzig: XXIII-XXIV
Text status Text completely known
Date 1501-1510
Manuscript NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III AA 3 [1501-1510]
Place in Manuscript f. 1r
Person(s)
Scribe
Andronikos Noukkios (16th c.) - RGK: I.20, II.27, III.32 - VGH: 31.A - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
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)
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Number of verses 16
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:

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