Type 3247
(formerly typ/1382)
| Πλάτων· τί πολλὴν πρὸς τάδε σιγὴν στρέφεις; | |
| εἰ μὲν σιωπᾶς τῶν τεθνηκότων νόμω· | |
| ἄλλου λόγου πέφυκε, κοινὸν ὂν τόδε· | |
| εἰ δ' ὡς ἀπειπὼν πρὸς τὸ δεινὸν τοῦ λόγου, | |
| εἵλου σιγᾶν μάλιστα τοῦ γρῦζειν ὅλως. | |
| σοφὸς πάλιν πέφυκας ὥσπερ καὶ πάλαι· | |
| εἰδὼς σιωπᾶν, οὗ σιγὴ κρείττων λόγου. |
| Text source | C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 198 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Plato (429 BC - 347 BC) |
| Tag(s) | |
| Comment | Text of Stornajolo (1895: 198) modified by DBBE. To the best of our knowledge, this poem on Plato is not used as a book epigram in any manuscript. It occurs in Vat. urb. gr. 119 (f. 16r), written at the end of Lucian's Timon. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 7 |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 623: "In Platonem" |
| Permalink | http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3247 |
Last modified: 2025-07-16.
