Type 34722
| Καὶ θεσμοθέτας εἴπερ ἠυτύχει πόλις, | |
| πόλις κράτους πρὶν, νῦν δὲ μεστὴ δακρύων, | |
| πάρεργον οὐκ ἂν Ἰταλῶν ἦν ἀσπίδος; | |
| Οἱ θεσμοφυλακεῖν γὰρ ἐξευρημένοι | |
| δίχα παρασπίζοντος ἠσθενημένοι. |
| 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: 213 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Konstantinoupolis |
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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 | 5 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[34725] καὶ θεσμοθέτας | εἴπερ ἠυτύχει πόλις
[1203]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 130 [942-975] (f. 298r) (5 verses) |
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Creator(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 375: "Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (5.67.4)" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/34722 |
Last modified: 2023-04-11.
