Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2584
(formerly typ/678)

	Εἴπερ θέλεις με μανθάνειν, ὦ παιδίον,
	πληγῶν δὲ πολλῶν μηδ᾽ ὅλως πεῖραν λαβεῖν,
	παίδευε τὸν νοῦν μηδαμῶς ἔξω τρέχειν,
	ἀλλ᾽ ἔνδον εἶναι καὶ σχολάζειν ὡς δέον,
	μή πως μεταγνῷς, εἰ ῥᾳθυμεῖς εἰς τέλος.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the reader
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Lampros 1914, Σύμμικτα: Πίναξ βραχυγραφιῶν, Νέος Ελληνομνήμων, 11, 313-314: 314 E. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 123
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[18133] Εἴπερ θέλεις μανθάνειν(τι), ὦ παιδίον [1364] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 181 [1364] (f. 284r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 192: "Admonitio ad puerum minus diligentem"
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Last modified: 2020-09-21.