Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31925

	Τὸ φῇς περισπῶν, προσγραφὴν τίθει κάτω·
	εἰ δ’ αὖ βαρύνῃς, προςγραφὴν μή μοι γράφε.

Text source	M. Luzzatto 2000, Note inedite di Giovanni Tzetzes e restauro di antichi codici alla fine del XIII secolo: il problema del Laur. 70,3 di Erodoto, in G. Prato (ed.), I manoscritti greci tra riflessione e dibattito. Atti del V Colloquio Internazionale di Paleografia Greca Cremona, 4 - 10 ottobre 1998 (vol. 2), Firenze, 633-654: 644
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	If you put the circumflex over φῇς, put the iota subscriptum. However, if you put the grave accent, do not put the iota subscriptum. Language English Source(s) J. Bértola 2024, An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 339-365: 345 Se metti il circonflesso su φῇς mettici lo iota sottoscritto; se invece ci metti il grave, non scrivermelo con iota sottoscritto. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto 2000, Note inedite di Giovanni Tzetzes e restauro di antichi codici alla fine del XIII secolo: il problema del Laur. 70,3 di Erodoto, in G. Prato (ed.), I manoscritti greci tra riflessione e dibattito. Atti del V Colloquio Internazionale di Paleografia Greca Cremona, 4 - 10 ottobre 1998 (vol. 2), Firenze, 633-654: 644
Bibliography	Primary J. Bértola 2024, An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 339-365: 345
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31928] τὸ φῇς περισπῶν, προσγραφ(ὴν) τίθει κ(ά)τω [1251-1300] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 70, Cod. 3 [10th c.] (f. 10r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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, 799: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Herodotum (1.39.2)"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/31925

Last modified: 2025-01-31.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.