Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34875

	Αἰσχύλε τί φῆς· τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις
	πάσχοντας αἰσχρῶς ἐκ θεῶν ὁμοτρόπων;
	καὶ πῶς ἄρα λέληθας σαὐτὸν εἰς τέλος,
	θεοὺς σεβάζων τοὺς παθητοὺς τὴν φύσιν,
	καὶ μὴ δυνατοὺς ἐκφυγεῖν τιμωρίας:-

Type(s)	[3436] Αἰσχύλε, τί φῇς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις (5 verses)
Text source	L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 527-528
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 56 sup. [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 76v
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Aeschylus' 'Prometheus Bound' and precedes the tragedian's 'Seven Against Thebes'. It is the second in a series of three book epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus
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	5
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