Type 35856

Ὡς ἀνδρικὸν σὺ τὸν Ψαμμήνιτον λέγεις·
πρὸς λυπρὰς οὕτως ἀνδρισάμενον τύχας·
ὡς μηδαμῶς παθεῖν τι δυσγενὲς πάθος·
φεισάμενον δὲ καὶ ψιλῶν στεναγμάτων·
ἐν πάθεσι χρήζουσι πολλῶν δακρύων.
Title(s) Scholium in Herodotum (3.14.3)
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: 85
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
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Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Translation(s) How brave you say Psammenitus was,
acting so bravely towards painful misfortunes
that he suffered no disgraceful suffering at all,
as he refrained even from mere sighs
in sufferings that demanded many tears.
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English
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Number of verses 5
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