Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34083

	Ἐπίγραμμα ὅπερ εἶπε πτολεμαῖος εἰς ἑαυτὸν

	οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρ(ων)
	Μαστεύω πικνὰς ἀμφυδρόμους ἕλικας
	Οὐκ ἐτ’ ἐπιψαύω γαίης ποσίν· ἀλλἀ παρ’ αὐτῶ
	ζηνὶ θεοτροφέος πίμπλαμαι ἀμβροσίης

Type(s)	[2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1501-1520
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Universitaria Complutense, Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla 117-z°-10 (olim Villa-Amil 28) [1501-1520]
Place in Manuscript	f. 155v
Palaeographical information	The title is underlined in reddish ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Pseudo-Ptolemy's Centiloquium.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Zeus
Image source(s)	http://dioscorides.ucm.es/proyecto_digitalizacion/index.php?doc=5309456641&y=2011&p=315
Bibliography	Secondary A. López Fonseca, M. Torres Santo Domingo, 2019, Catálogo de manuscritos medievales de la Biblioteca Histórica «Marqués de Valdecilla» (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Madrid: 157
Number of verses	4
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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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