Type 35837

Ὡς πατρικῶς σὺ νουθετεῖς Αἰγυπτίους
τὸ σοὶ πρέπον πρόσχημα τῆς τιμῆς νέμειν·
ἄλλος δ’ ἂν αὐτοὺς μαστιγῶν ἐνουθέτει.
Title(s) Scholium in Herodotum (2.172.4-5)
Text source J. Bértola 2023, A First Critical Edition of the Cycle of Epigrams on Herodotus in the Margins of Manuscript Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 70.6 and Some of Its Apographa, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 72, 63-96: 84
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Amasis II of Egypt (600 BC-575 BC - 526 BC)
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Translation(s) How paternally you admonish the Egyptians
to pay the token of honour suitable for you!
Another ruler would admonish them by whipping.
Language
English
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Number of verses 3
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