Type 34718
| Τοιαῦτα τὰ σπέρματα τῶν μακρῶν πότων· | |
| τὸ πατρόθεν σβέννυσιν ἡ τρυφὴ κλέος. | |
| Ῥαθυμίαν ἄνανδρον, ὁπλῖτα, φύγε· | |
| εὔκλειαν οἶδε καὶ παλαιὰν ὀλλύειν. |
| 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 |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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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." |
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| Number of verses | 4 |
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[34721] τοιαῦτα τὰ σπέρματα | τῶν μακρῶν πότων
[1203]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 130 [942-975] (f. 281r) (4 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, 766: "Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (5.40.4–5)" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/34718 |
Last modified: 2023-04-11.
