Type 3445
(formerly typ/1578)

Λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν, ἀλλ’ οὐ μητέρα
καὶ τὸν σύνευνον ἄνδρα τὸν πατροκτόνον
ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς τιμωρός, ἐκτελῶν ὄπα
τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κράτιστον ἄσκευος μόνος,
κτανὼν ἔθαλλεν, ὡς ὀνείροις τοῖς πάλαι
εἶδ’ ἡ θανοῦσα, πρὶν θάνῃ, τελεσφόροις.
ἡ δ’ αὐταδέλφη χαρμονῆς πεπλησμένη
ἀφῆκε λυπρὸν πένθος, ἀστε<ρ>γὲς δάκρυ.
Title(s) Στίχοι τὴν ἔννοιαν τοῦ τῆς Ἠλέκτρας δράματος ἐμπεριέχοντες
Text source M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 208-210
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)
Comment = Anth. Gr. Append. III.198
Bibliography
Number of verses 8
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 429: "In Sophoclis Electram"
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