Type 3247
(formerly typ/1382)
Πλάτων· τί πολλὴν πρὸς τάδε σιγὴν στρέφεις; | |
εἰ μὲν σιωπᾶς τῶν τεθνηκότων νόμω· | |
ἄλλου λόγου πέφυκε, κοινὸν ὂν τόδε· | |
εἰδὼς ἀπειπὼν πρὸς τὸ δεινὸν τοῦ λόγου, | |
εἵλου σιγᾶν μάλιστα τοῦ γρῦζειν ὅλως. | |
σοφὸς πάλιν πέφυκας ὥσπερ καὶ πάλαι· | |
εἰδὼς σιωπᾶν, οὗ σιγὴ κρείττων λόγου. |
Editorial status | Not a critical text |
Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
Subject(s) | Plato (429 BC - 347 BC) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: |
Tag(s) | |
Critical Notes | Vassis (2005: 623): 'In Platonem'. |
Comment | To the best of our knowledge, this poem on Plato is not used as a book epigram in any manuscript. |
Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 198 |
Number of verses | 7 |
Occurrence(s) |
[19091] πλάτων, τί πολλὴν πρὸς τάδε σιγὴν στρέφεις
[1376-1400]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 119 [1376-1400] (f. 16r) (7 verses) |
Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 623: "In Platonem" |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3247 |
Last modified: 2019-08-14.