Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34868

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	ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει
	τρύχη βία φάραγγι προσπεπηγμ(έν)ος·
	τὸ πῦρ προμηθεῦ ὃ βροτοῖς ἐχαρίσω
	ὕλη πρὸς ἀκάματον εὑρέθη φλόγα·
	ὀργῆς κατὰ σοῦ πρὸς θεὸν πυρσουμ(έν)(ης).
	αἰσχύλε τί φὴς τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρ(εις)
	πάσχοντας αἰσχρῶς ἐκ θεῶν ὁμοτρόπων·
	(καὶ) πῶς ἄρα λέληθας σαυτὸν εἰς τέλος
	θεοὺς σεβάζων τοὺς παθητοὺς τὴν φύσιν
	(καὶ) μὴ δυνατοὺς ἐκφυγεῖν τιμωρίας
	οὐαὶ προμηθεῦ κράξων οὐαί σοι μέγα
	χάριν βροτῶν γὰρ ἠπατήσας τὸν δία·
	(καὶ) λάθρα τούτου πῶς τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις
	εἶτ’ οὐδ’ ἐπείσθης ὧν περ ἐστ(αυ)ρωμένος,
	τὸν ἐκβαλοῦντ(α) τὸν θρόνον εἰπεῖν δῖα·
	τῶ τοι κεραυνὸς ἐκ πολλοῦ κατηγμένος·
	ἔργον τίθησι συντριβῆς σε τὸν τάλαν·
	αἴαζε τοίνυν τοῦτο γὰρ πάρεστί σοι: :-

Type(s)	[3434] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει (5 verses) [3436] Αἰσχύλε, τί φῇς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις (5 verses) [3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 3 [1287-1400]
Place in Manuscript	f. 181r
Palaeographical information	The title is written in red ink. From v. 7 onwards, the epigram is written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram, which combines several well-known epigrams, is written at the end of Aeschylus' 'Prometheus Bound' and precedes the tragedian's 'Seven Against Thebes'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus Zeus
Image source(s)	http://mss.bmlonline.it/s.aspx?Id=AWOIR9mqI1A4r7GxMGuJ&c=V.%20Aeschyli%20tragoediae%20II#/oro/373
Bibliography	Primary D. Rasljic 2022, Two Greek Paratext Poems from the Manuscript Q No. 2 of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philologia Classica, 17(1), 113-124: 120-121
Number of verses	18
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[15th c.] (f. 21r) (5 verses) (5/18) [34879] ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2787 [15th c.] (f. 39r) (9 verses) (9/18) [23997] ἀνθ' ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [1326-1375] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 110 [1326-1375] (f. 23v) (9 verses) (9/18) [21776] Ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει [15th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk, Biblioteka (BAN) - Inostrannyh rukopisei Q N° 2 [1474] (f. 94r) (22 verses) (18/18) [25029] αἰσχύλε τί φης τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 155 [15th c.] (f. 33v) (5 verses) (5/18) [25386] αἴαἴ προμηθεῦ κρᾶξον οὐαί σοι μέγα [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.] (f. 43r) (8 verses) (8/18) [25385] αἰσχύλε τί φης τ(οὺς) θεούς σου προσφέρεις [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.] (f. 43r) (5 verses) (5/18) [25384] ἀνθ᾽ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.] (f. 43r) (5 verses) (5/18) [25355] αἰσχύλε τί φὴς τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 88v) (5 verses) (5/18) [25361] ἀνθ' ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 88v) (5 verses) (5/18) [25363] οὐαὶ προ(μη)θ(εῦ) κρᾶξ(ον) οὐαί σοι μέγα [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 88v) (5 verses) (5/18) [25362] πάσχοντ(ας) αἰσχρ(ῶς) ἐκ θεῶν ὁμοτρόπ(ων) [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 88v) (3 verses) (3/18) [26546] (…) [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 59r) (8 verses) (7/18) [22262] ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 59r) (5 verses) (5/18) [26545] αἰ(...)τί φης, τοὺς (...) [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 59r) (5 verses) (4/18) [34327] Οὐαὶ προμηθ(εῦ) κρᾶξον οὐαί σοι μέγα [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (8 verses) (8/18) [34326] Αἰσχύλε τὶ φής· τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (5 verses) (5/18) [22368] Ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 180r) (5 verses) (5/18) [22387] ΝΑ [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 279 [15th c.] (f. 38r-38v) (? verses) display 40 more occurrences (43 in total) hide 40 occurrences (43 in total)
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