Type 3436
(formerly typ/1574)

Αἰσχύλε, τί φῇς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις
πάσχοντας αἰσχρῶς ἐκ θεῶν ὁμοτρόπων;
καὶ πῶς ἄρα λέληθας σαὐτὸν εἰς τέλος,
θεοὺς σεβάζων τοὺς παθητοὺς τὴν φύσιν,
καὶ μὴ δυνατοὺς ἐκφυγεῖν τιμωρίας;
Text source L. Spyridonova, A. Kurbanov 2021, The Book Epigrams on Prometheus, Ascribed to John Tzetzes, ΣΧΟΛΗ, 15(2), 524-537: 527
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
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John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Aeschylus
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Comment = Anth. Gr. Append. IV.83, vv.6-10

Text of Spyridonova & Kurbanov (2021: 527) modified by DBBE.

This epigram also occurs in the 16th-century manuscript Par. gr. 2782A (f. 126v).
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Number of verses 5
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 23: "In Aeschylum"
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