Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 35912

	Ὧδε φρενῶν ἔδειξε Καμβύσης γέμειν·
	θεὸν βόειον δεξιούμενος ξίφει·
	ὡς πάχος αὐτοῦ σαρκικὸν ἀποξέσῃ.

Title(s)	Scholium in Herodotum (3.29.1)
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: 90
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Cambyses II (600 BC-576 BC - 522 BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	In this way Cambyses showed himself to be full of intelligence as he welcomed the ox-like god with a sword to scrape off its thick flesh. Language English Source(s) J. Bértola 2024, An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 339-365: 351 In this way Cambyses showed himself to be full of intelligence as he welcomed the ox-like god with a sword to scrape off its fleshly matter. Language English Source(s) J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 75 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: 90
Bibliography	Primary J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 38, 75 J. Bértola 2024, An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 339-365: 359 Secondary J. Bértola 2024, An Unedited Cycle of Byzantine Verse Scholia on Herodotus in the Light of Twelfth-Century Verse Scholia on Ancient Historians, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 339-365: 351
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[35915] ὧδε φρεν(ῶν) ἔδειξε \| καμβύσης γέμ(ειν) [01/03/1318-31/12/1318] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 70, Cod. 6 [March 1318] (f. 97v) (3 verses) [36005] ὧδε φρεν(ῶν) \| ἔδειξε καμ\|βύσης γέμ(ειν) [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 115 sup. [14th c.] (f. 95v) (3 verses) [36067] ὧδε φρενῶν ἔ\|δειξε καμβύσ(ης) \| γέμειν [August 1440] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III B 1 [August 1440] (f. 97v) (3 verses) [36158] ὧδε φρεν(ῶν) ἔδειξε \| καμβύσης γέμειν [1491-1510] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III B 2 [1491-1510] (f. 93r) (3 verses) [35970] ὧδε φρενῶν \| ἔδειξε καμβύ\|σης γέμειν [June 1372] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1634 [June 1372] (f. 144v) (3 verses) [36114] ὧδε φρεν(ῶν) ἔδειξε \| καμβύσ(ης) γέμειν [1480] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1359 [1480] (f. 129v) (3 verses) [36032] ὧδε φρεν(ῶν) ἔδειξε \| καμβύσης γέμειν [1469] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 364 (coll. 718) [1469] (f. 49r) (3 verses) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
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