Type 3531
(formerly typ/1649)

Σειρὴν λόγων σῶν θελκτικωτάτη λίαν
οὐ θῆρας αἱρεῖ καὶ λίθους, νεκρὰν φύσιν,
ὡς μῦθος Ἕλλην ἱστορεῖ τὸν Ὀρφέα,
κακῶς διδάσκων, οὐκ ἀλήθειαν λέγων.
Ἃ γὰρ στέρονται καὶ νοὸς καὶ τοῦ λόγου
ποίαν ἔχουσιν ἡδονὴν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις;
Ψυχὴν δὲ μᾶλλον, τὴν γέμουσαν τῶν λόγων,
τέρπουσα θέλγει τῷ μέλει τῶν σῶν λόγων.
Text source F. Valerio 2013, Aduersaria Agathiana. Per una nuova edizione degli epigrammi, Incontri di filologia classica, 11, 193-215: 210
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Michael
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Translation(s)
Comment = Anth. Gr. Append. III.276
Bibliography
Number of verses 8
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Acknowledgements
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 668: "Michael, In Plutarchi vitas parallelas"
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