Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3244
(formerly typ/1380)

Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον·
ἄρκτους, ὠκεανόν, δύσιν, ἀντολίην τε νότον τε,
χεῖμα, θέρος, φυσικάς τ' ἀτραποὺς, σκολιάς τε κελεύθους,
Αἰθίοπάς τ' ἀδρανεῖς, Γερμανῶν δύσμορα φῦλα,
Σαυρομάτας χοίροισιν ἐοικότας, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτῆς
αἰνομόρου Σκυθίης χαλεπὸν γένος, ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ
Ἰνδῶν τε Σηρῶν τε, τὸ γὰρ πέρας ἀντολίης γῆς.
Title(s) Στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ εἰς τὴν Πτολεμαίου χωρογραφίαν
Text source K. Nobbe, 1843, Claudii Ptolemaei Geographia (vol. 1), Hildesheim: XXII
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s) Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Tag(s)
Comment Found each time after Claudius Ptolemy's Geography, and after the 'maps of Agathodaemon'.
Text of Nobbe (1943: XXII) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography

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Secondary

J. Forshall, 1840, The Burney Manuscripts, London: 45
Number of verses 7
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Renaat Meesters, Floris Bernard

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 225: "In Claudii Ptolemaei geographiam"
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