Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3283
(formerly typ/1423)

	Ἄντυγος οὐρανίης ὑπερήμενος ἐς πόθον ἦλθες
	ἄντυγος ἀργυρέης· αἶσχος ἀπειρέσιον·
	ἦσθα ποτε κρείσσων, αὖθις δ᾽ ἐγένου πόλυ χείρων.
	Δεῦρ᾽ ἀνάβηθι κάτω, νῦν γὰρ ἄνω κατέβης.

Title(s)	Εἰς Θεμίστιον τὸν φιλόσοφον γενόμενον ὑπαρχὸν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπὶ Βαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Βάλεντος
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 686-687
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Palladas (4th c.)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Themistios (317 - 388)
Tag(s)	Polemic
Translation(s)	'Thou, seated above the heavenly wheel, hast desired a silver wheel. Oh, infinite shame! Erst thou wast of higher station and hast straight become much lower. Ascend hither to the depths; for now thou hast descended to the heights'. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 10-12 (vol. 4), Cambridge: 207 Installé tout là-haut sur un char céleste, tu en es venu à désirer un char d'argent... Oh! honte incommensurable! Tu étais naguère bien meilleur, et tu t'es ravalé bien bas. Reviens, regagne ton humble position; car maintenant, à cette hauteur, tu t'abaisses! Language French Source(s) R. Aubreton, 1972, Anthologie Grecque. Tome X: Anthologie palatine, Livre XI (vol. 10), Paris: 173 'Der du auf himmlischem Stuhl soeben gesessen, du nahmest freudig den silbernen Stuhl. O wie beschämend das ist! Gestern noch warst du ein Hoher, heut best du ein Niedrer geworden. Heb dich zur Tiefe empor, der du zur Höhe nun sankst'. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 687
Comment	The poem also occurs in the 16th-century manuscript Madrid BNE 4754 (f. 69r) (cf. Miller 1886: 19-20).
Bibliography	Primary R. Aubreton, 1972, Anthologie Grecque. Tome X: Anthologie palatine, Livre XI (vol. 10), Paris: 173 A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 366, 575-576 E. Miller, 1886, Bibliothèque royale de Madrid. Catalogue des manuscrits grecs (Supplément au catalogue d'Iriarte), Paris: 19-20 W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 10-12 (vol. 4), Cambridge: 206-207
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19126] Ἄντυγος αἰθερίης ὑπερήμενος ἐς πόθον ἦλθες [15th c.] ATHENS - Sulloge Lampros 25 [15th c.] (f. 17v) (4 verses) [19424] ἄντυγος αἰθερίης ὑπερήμενος ἐς πόθον ἦλθες [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 57, Cod. 23 [14th c.] (f. 106v) (4 verses) [19438] ἄντυγος οὐ(ρα)νίης ἐπερείμενος, ἐς πόθον ἦλθες [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 59, Cod. 44 [14th c.] (f. 313r) (4 verses) [19814] + ἄντυγος αἰθερί(ης) ὑπερήμ(εν)ος, εἰ πόθ(εν) ἦλθ(ες) [1301-1325] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 79 [1301-1325] (f. 123r) (4 verses) [25191] ἄντυγος αἰθερίης ὑπερήμενος, \| εἰς πόθον ἦλθες [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 151 [14th c.] (f. 135v) (4 verses) [35096] Ἄντυγος αἰθερίης (...) [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 247 [13th-14th c.] (f. 42v) (4 verses) [22311] Ἄντυγος αἰθερίης ὑπερήμενος ἐς πόθον ἦλθες [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 150 [14th c.] (f. IIr) (4 verses) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, XI.292 Vassis ICB 2005, 62: "Palladas, In Themistium praefectum urbi CP"
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