Type 35884

Τεραστίαν ὕδατος ἐξηγῇ φύσιν·
οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅθεν ῥέουσαν ἢ πηγῆς τίνος·
τὸ γοῦν λιπαρὸν ἐκ μετάλων ἂν φέρῃ·
τὸ χαῦνον ἢ καὶ κoῦφον ἔσχεν ἐκ τίνος;
Title(s) Scholium in Herodotum (3.23.2-3)
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: 88
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
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Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Herodotus of Halikarnassos < Caria < Asia Minor < Turkey (485 BC - 425 BC)
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Translation(s) You report the prodigious nature of the water
that flows I do not know from where or from which source.
In any case, if it carries the unctuosity from metals,
from what cause would it have the softness and the lightness?
Language
English
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Number of verses 4
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