Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34908

	τοῦ σοφωτάτου Ψελλοῦ μέθοδος περὶ τοῦ ἰαμβικοῦ μέτρου

	Τὸ μέτρον οὕτω τῶν ἰάμβων μοι μέτρου·
	καὶ τοὺς πόδας μὲν ἡ μέλισσα δεικνύτω
	τῶν συλλαβῶν δὲ τὴν ἀρίθμησιν κύκλον
	τὸν ζωδιακῶν εἰσορῶν μάνθανέ μοι.
	μέλλων δὲ μετρεῖν καὶ στίχους πλέκειν, φίλους,
	ἅπασαν ἐν νῷ τοῦ σκοποῦ τὴν εἰκόνα
	προσλαμβάνων ἄριστα καὶ στίχους πλέκε.
	πρῶτον μὲν οὖν καὶ πόδα ἢ πέμπτον πόδα
	ἴαμβος ἢ σπονδεῖος εὐτρεπιζέτω,
	τὸν δεύτερον δὲ καὶ τέταρτον ἀξίως
	ἴαμβον ἁπλοῦν εἰσφέρων ἀπαρτίσεις,
	ἔκτος δ’ ἰάμβου τέρπεται κόσμον φέρων
	καὶ πυρριχίῳ τὴν κάραν ὑψοῦ φέρει.
	ἔστω μὲν οὖν σοι πυρρίχιος μὲν λόγος ·
	σπονδεῖος Ἄτλας ἐκ μακρῶν χρόνων δύο ·
	χάλης δ’ ἴαμβος καὶ λέβης αὖ καὶ θέων.
	ἰδοῦ τὸ πᾶν εἴληφας ἐν βραχὺ μέτρος.

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	16th c.
Manuscript	SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) 731 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r
Palaeographical information	The first three folios, including this poem, were added at a later stage.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Sophocles' tragedies 'Ajax', 'Electra' and 'Oedipus Rex'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Subject(s)	Grammar
Bibliography	Primary A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1884, Μαυρογορδάτειος Βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι Γενικὸς περιγραφικὸς κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀνὰ τὴν Ἀνατολὴν βιβλιοθήκαις εὑρισκομένων ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων, Constantinople: 123-124
Number of verses	17
Related occurrence(s)	[21777] τὸ μέτρον οὕτω τῶν ἰάμβων μοι νό[ει [15th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk, Biblioteka (BAN) - Inostrannyh rukopisei Q N° 2 [1474] (f. 54v) (19 verses) (17/17) [34901] Τὸ μέτρον οὕτω τῶν ἰάμβων μοι νόει [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 279 [15th c.] (f. 86r) (17 verses) (17/17)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(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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