Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 37030

	Ἵστατο δ’ Εὐρίποιο φερώνυμος· ὡς δὲ δοκεύω,
	λάθρῃ ὑπὸ κραδίην τραγικαῖς ὡμίλεε Μούσαις,
	ἔργα σαοφροσύνης διανεύμενος· ἦν γὰρ ἰδέσθαι
	οἷά τέ που θυμέλῃσιν ἐν Ἀτθίσι θύρσα τινάσσων.

Title(s)	Εἰς ἄγαλμα Εὐριπίδου In Euripidis statuam
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 188-189
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC)
Translation(s)	There stood he who bears the name of the Euripus. I think that secretly in his heart he was conversing with the tragic Muses and mulling over works of propriety: for he looked even as if he were shaking the thyrsus on the Attic stage. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, M. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 91 Puis venait celui qui porte le nom de I’Euripe; j’ai l’impression qu'il conversait en secret, dans son coeur, avec les Muses tragiques, ce poète si altaché aux moeurs chastes; car on pouvait le voir tel qu’au temps ou il agitait son thyrse sur la scène athénienne. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 62 Und es stand da der Mann, der Euripos' Namen getragen; heimlich verkehrte er, glaub ich, im Herzen mit tragischen Musen, eifernd für Werke der Sitte; denn wahrlich, man konnte ihn sehen, wie zu Athen im Theater er einstens den Thvrsos geschwungen. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 189
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, M. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 90-91 P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 62
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[37034] ἵστατο δ’ εὐρίπους φερώνυμος ὥς τε δοκεύω [June 1326] SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 31 (1-1-18) [June 1326] (f. 118v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, II.1 (vv. 32-35)
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