Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35335

ὦ τῶν ἁπάντων ποιητῶν ἡδυλόγε·
ὅμηρε χρυσέ μουσάων λίαν φίλε,
ὄντως ἀπὸ γλώττης σοι ἐκχεῖται μέλι,
καὶ ῥὰ μελιχρῶς ὡς τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὄντα,
τίθης καὶ ποιεῖς ἄγαν ἡδέως πάντα·
ὅθεν σε κρείττω τῶν ποιητῶν ἁπάντων,
σοφοί τε πάντες καλέουσιν εἰκότως:-
Type(s) [31298] Ὦ τῶν ἁπάντων ποιητῶν ἡδυλόγε (7 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1501-1550
Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1745 [1501-1550]
Place in Manuscript f. 220v
Contextual information The epigram is witten at the end of the Batrachomyomachia.
It is followed by the name of the author of the epigram: '+ ἀνδρονίκου τοῦ καλλίστου:-'.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1745/0462
Bibliography

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Number of verses 7
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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