Type 34656
| Ἔκφευγε γάμους Σεμιράμιδος, ξένε, | |
| καὶ γὰρ γεννῶσι τοῖς μετασχοῦσι φόνον. | |
| Ὄλοιτο γυνὴ καὶ γάμος ἐκ τοῦ βίου, | |
| ἄνπερ γεννῶσι τῷ μετασχόντι φόνον. | |
| Ἂν ἡδύνωσι, Σεμίραμις, οἱ γάμοι, | |
| κτείνεις ἵνα τί τοὺς καλλίστους νυμφίους; | |
| Ἂν παραπικραίνωσι, λίπε τοὺς γάμους | |
| καὶ τῶν νέων οἴκτειρον ἀγαθὴν θέαν. |
| Title(s) | Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (2.13.4) |
| Text source | C. Mazzucchi 1994, Leggere i classici durante la catastrofe (Costantinopoli, maggio-agosto 1203): le note marginali al Diodoro Siculo Vaticano gr. 130. Parte prima: stratigrafia, Aevum, 68(1), 164-218: 202, n. 155 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Marriage |
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| Translation(s) |
Reader, flee from such marriages as with Semiramis, for they bring death to those who partake of them. May women and marriage be gone from our lives, if they bring death to those who partake of them. O Semiramis, if marriage was to your liking, why then kill off the best looking grooms? But if they caused you grief, then forswear marriage and take pity on the handsome sight of young men. |
| Comment | Text of Mazzucchi (1994: 202) modified by DBBE. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 8 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[34658] ἔκφευγε γάμ(ους) σεμιρά|μιδος ξένε
[1291-1310]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 130 [942-975] (f. 89r) (8 verses) |
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Last modified: 2023-04-03.
