Type 34710
| Τὰ παιδία ποῦ· ποῦ δὲ καὶ σχῆµα µέγα· | |
| καὶ προσδόκιμος εἰς ταφὴν μελαμφόρος. |
| Text source | C. Mazzucchi 1995, Leggere i classici durante la catastrofe (Costantinopoli, maggio-agosto 1203): le note marginali al Diodoro Siculo Vaticano gr. 130. Parte seconda: i dodecasillabi della terza mano e la personalità del loro autore, Aevum, 69(1), 200-258: 211 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Tag(s) | |
| Translation(s) |
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| Comment | Mazzucchi (1995: 254-255) identifies the author as Niketas Choniates. Bértola (2021: 42) is more cautious: "Nothing invites the rejection of the postulated authorship of Niketas Choniates, but there is not enough evidence either to accept it without prudent hesitation." |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 2 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[34713] τὰ παιδία, ποῦ· ποῦ δε | καὶ σχῆµα µέγα
[1203]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 130 [942-975] (f. 277r) (2 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 711: "Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (5.35.3)" |
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Last modified: 2023-04-11.
