Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31335

	Κνιδαῖος, εἰ Κνίδη μέν ἐστιν ἡ πόλις,
	ἐκ δ’ αὖ γε Κνίδου Κνιδίους λέγειν νόει.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 109
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Knidos
Tag(s)	Correction Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Κνιδαῖος se si tratta della città di Cnide: ma se invero (sono cittadini) di Cnido, sappi che bisogna scrivere Κνιδίους. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 109
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 109) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 217
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31338] κνιδαῖο(ς), εἰ κνίδη μ(εν) (ἐστὶ) ἡ πόλ(ις) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 121v) (2 verses)
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.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 410: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (3.88.2)"
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Last modified: 2020-08-11.