Type 35766
| Συμμαρτυρεῖς, Ἡρόδοτε, τὸ θεῖον τῶν Ἑλλήνων | |
| καὶ ταραχῶδες, φθονερόν, ἀνάμεστον κακίας· | |
| εἶπας καὶ γὰρ ὡς ἔχουσι τὰ πράγματα πανσόφως. |
| Title(s) | Scholium in Herodotum (1.32.1) |
| Text source | J. Bértola 2022, Tzetzes' verse scholia on Thucydides and Herodotus: A survey with new evidence from Laur. Plut. 70,3, in E. Prodi (ed.), ΤΖΕΤΖΙΚΑΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΙ, Bologna, 335-357: 350 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
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| Metre(s) | Decapentasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Herodotus of Halikarnassos < Caria < Asia Minor < Turkey (485 BC - 425 BC) |
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| Translation(s) |
You testify, Herodotus, to the deity of the Greeks as troubling, envious and full of evil. In fact you also say wisely how things are. |
| Comment | The last verse of the epigram is ambiguous, cf. Bértola (2022: 353): "it is ambiguous whether the last verse of the new verse scholion indeed recognizes the report of Solon's adage as a complaint by Herodotus against the nature of pagan deities, or whether it rather ironically rejects beliefs with which Herodotus probably agreed". The attribution of the authorship of the epigram to John Tzetzes is uncertain (cf. Bértola 2022: 350-357). |
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| Number of verses | 3 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[35768] συμμαρτυρ(εῖς) ἡρόδοτε τὸ θεῖ(ον) τ(ῶν) ἑλλήν(ων)
[1251-1300]
FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 70, Cod. 3 [10th c.] (f. 8r) (3 verses) |
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Last modified: 2024-11-18.
