Type 31767
Ἔδει μὲν εἰς γόργυραν, ὦ Θουκυδίδη, | |
τοὺς Ἀττικοὺς ῥῖψαί σε σὺν τῷ βιβλίῳ, | |
οὐκ ὀστρακίζειν Θρᾳκικοῖς γε τοῖς ὅροις. | |
Οὐχ ἱστορῶν φαίνῃ γὰρ ἃ προύβη πάλαι, | |
κρύπτων δὲ μᾶλλον ἃ παρῆξεν ὁ χρόνος | |
τῷ σῷ σκοτεινῷ καὶ ξυλώδει τοῦ λόγου. | |
Ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτός, ὅσπερ ἐγγράφω τάδε, | |
Τζέτζης κατειδὼς ἵστορας πόσας βίβλους | |
πράξεις τε πάσας, ἃς τὰ νῦν αὐτὸς γράφεις, | |
ὥσπερ διοβλὴς καὶ κατεβροντημένος | |
τοῖς οἷς ἔγραψας λοξοσυστρόφοις λόγοις, | |
μνήμης ἁπασῶν ἐστερήθην ἀθρόως. | |
Τί δ’ ἄν τις ἄλλος τῶν ἀνιστόρων πάθοι; | |
Τῶν ἱστορούντων τεχνικὸν λόγον νόει | |
σαφῆ μετ’ ὄγκου, πειστικόν, γλυκὺν ἅμα | |
καὶ γοργὸν οὗ χρή, πῇ δὲ καὶ μῆκος φέρειν. |
Text source | M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 134-136 |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Not a critical text |
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Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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Comment | Text of Luzzatto (1999: 134-135) modified by DBBE. |
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Number of verses | 16 |
Occurrence(s) |
[31770] ἔδει μ(ὲν) (...) γόργυρ(αν) ὦ θουκυδίδη
[1146-1155]
HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 326v) (16 verses) |
Acknowledgements |
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 169: "Ioann. Tzetzes, In Thucydidem" |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/31767 |
Last modified: 2021-11-18.