Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34901

Περὶ μέτρου ἰαμβικοῦ
 
Τὸ μέτρον οὕτω τῶν ἰάμβων μοι νόει·
καὶ τοὺς πόδας μὲν ἡ μέλισσα δεικνύτω
τῶν συλλαβῶν δὲ τὴν ἀρίθμησιν κύκλον
τὸν ζωδιακὸν εἰσορῶν μάνθανέ μοι.
θέλων δὲ μετρεῖν καὶ στίχους πλέκειν, φίλος,
ἅπασαν ἐν νῷ τοῦ σκοποῦ τὴν εἰκόνα
προσλαμβάνων ἄριστα τοὺς στίχους πλέκε.
πρῶτον μὲν οὖν καὶ τρίτον ἢ πέμπτον πόδα
ἴαμβος ἢ σπονδεῖος εὐτρεπιζέτω,
τὸν δεύτερον δὲ καὶ τέταρτον ἀξίως
ἴαμβον ἁπλοῦν εἰσφέρων ἑτοιμάσεις,
ἔκτος δ’ ἰάμβου τέρπεται κόσμον φέρων
καὶ πυρριχίῳ τὴν κάραν ὑψοῦ φέρει.
ἔστι μὲν οὖν σοι πυρρίχιος μὲν λόγος ·
σπονδεῖος Αἴας ἐκ μακρῶν χρόνων δύο ·
Λάχης δ’ ἴαμβος καὶ λέβης τε καὶ θέων.
ἰδοῦ τὸ πᾶν εἴληφας ἐν βραχεῖ μέτρον.
Type(s) [2559] Τὸ μέτρον οὕτω τῶν ἰάμβων μοι νόει (19 verses)
Text source 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: 117-118
Text status Text completely known
Date 15th c.
Manuscript VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 279 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 86r
Contextual information The poem is written at the end of Aeschylus' 'Seven against Thebes'. It is preceded by another work on metre on ff. 83r-85v.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Grammar
Comment The title is taken from Hunger (1961: 381).
Bibliography

Primary

H. Hunger, 1961, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Historici. Codices Philosophici et Philologici (vol. 1), Vienna: 381
Number of verses 17
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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