Type 34334
| Σοφὸς μὲν οὐδεὶς εὑρεθήσετ᾽ ὡς θέμις, | |
| ἐν τῷ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς δυστυχεστάτῳ χρόνῳ, | |
| σκάζουσι γάρ πως οἱ δοκοῦντες ἐξέχειν· | |
| μωροὶ δὲ πλεῦνες εὐτυχοῦσιν ἀρτίως, | |
| φορὰ γὰρ αὐτῶν ἦλθε πάντῃ που ξένη. |
| Text source | E. van Opstall 2021, The Cicada and the Dung Beetle, in P. Marciniak, I. Nilsson (eds.), Satire in the Middle Byzantine Period: The Golden Age of Laughter?, Leiden / Boston, 152-176: 162 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Tag(s) | Complaint |
| Translation(s) |
No wise man can be found as before, in these unhappy times of ours, for those who seem excellent have a limp; a great number of fools now prospers instead, since by now their alien attitude is found everywhere. |
| Comment | The epigram was written by Konstantinos Rhodios for a book containing works of ancient philosophers. It occurs in ms. Urb. gr. 95 (f. 181r), where it does not function as a book epigram. It is quoted in this manuscript as the cause for the dispute between Konstantinos Rhodios and the eunuch Theodore the Paphlagonian, resulting in poetic insults (see Urb. gr. 95, ff. 181r-182r) (see van Opstall (2021: 162-167)). |
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| Number of verses | 5 |
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| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 682: "Constant. Rhodius, Contra Theodorum Paphlagonem" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/34334 |
Last modified: 2022-07-14.
