Type 3248
(formerly typ/1383)
| Πεσόντος οἰκτρῶς καὶ γόνου τοῦ Πηλέως, | |
| πᾶς τρὼς κατορχήσαιτο καὶ καθυβρίσαι | |
| ἥρωος ἀνδρὸς ἄθλιός τις Θερσίτης. | |
| Εἰ δ᾽ ἦν Ἀχιλλεῖ καὶ λόφον σεῖσαι μόνον, | |
| ὅλους ἂν εἶδες Ἕκτορας πεφευγότας. |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | |
| Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
| Comment | To the best of our knowledge, this poem on Achilles 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 | 5 |
| 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, 614: "In Achillem" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3248 |
Last modified: 2025-07-16.
