Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2628
(formerly typ/725)

Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα,
καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα,
καὶ οἱ στρατευόμενοι ἰδεῖν τὸ νῖκος
καὶ οἱ πραγματευόμενοι ἰδεῖν τὸ κέρδος
οὕτω καὶ οἱ γράφοντες ἰδεῖν βιβλίου τέλος.
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Tag(s) Completion of the book
Bibliography

Secondary

J. Boeten, M. Janse 2018, A Cognitive Analysis of Metrical Irregularities in the Ὧσπερ ξένοι Book Epigrams, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 42(1), 79-91:

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Number of verses 5
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Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Raf Praet

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
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