Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31384

	Πολὺς πόνος δὲ καὶ τονίζειν καὶ γράφειν
	καὶ τῆς ἑκάστης ἡμέρας περιδρόμῳ,
	καίπερ νοσοῦντα δυσπνοωτάτην νόσον,
	φύλλων ἀναγνῶναί γε τοιασδί, ἰώ,
	διπλῆν διεκτρέχειν με πεντηκοντάδα,
	ὅθεν στράτωρσι τὴν βιβλογράφου κόπρον
	ἐατέον νῦν ἐκφορεῖν τε καὶ ξέειν.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 26
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Complaint Criticism of the scribe Scholium Self-presentation
Translation(s)	What a burden to be accenting and scribbling and, during the course of each day, even though I am ailing from this most terrible asthma, to have to read pages such as these, oh my!, and to run through a double set of fifty pages. Therefore, let the junior grooms now carry out and clean away the dung of this scribe. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 74 It is exhausting to add accents and write corrections at the same time, and by the end of each day – although I am ill and difficulty in breathing tortures me – to read so many pages, alas, and to rush through at least fifty pages: one should let the stablemen carry away and smooth away the excrement of the scribe from here now. Language English Source(s) T. Mészáros 2013, Byzantine Metrical Scholia on Thucydides, in P. Fodor, G. Mayer, M. Monostori, K. Szovák, L. Takács (eds.), More modoque: die Wurzeln der europäischen Kultur und deren Rezeption im Orient und Okzident; Festschrift für Miklós Maróth zum siebzigsten Geburtstag, Budapest, 67-76: 72, n. 14 È davvero una gran fatica per me mettere gli accenti e scrivere e, nell’arco di ciascun giorno, quantunque ammalato del più terribile asma, leggere tanti di questi fogli qui, ahimé, e scorrere una doppia cinquantina di pagine: perciò a questo punto bisognerà lasciare agli stallieri da portar via di peso lo sterco del copista e ripulire il testo. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 26
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 26) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 295 T. Mészáros 2013, Byzantine Metrical Scholia on Thucydides, in P. Fodor, G. Mayer, M. Monostori, K. Szovák, L. Takács (eds.), More modoque: die Wurzeln der europäischen Kultur und deren Rezeption im Orient und Okzident; Festschrift für Miklós Maróth zum siebzigsten Geburtstag, Budapest, 67-76: 71-72 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 74
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[31387] πολὺς πόνος (δε), (καὶ) τονίζ(ειν) (καὶ) γρ(άφ)(ειν) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 183v) (7 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, 637: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (5.15.1)"
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