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

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 614: "In Achillem"
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