Type 3997
(formerly typ/2090)
Υἱὲ Μέλητος, Ὅμηρε, σὺ γὰρ κλέος Ἑλλάδι πάσῃ | |
καὶ Κολοφῶνι πάτρῃ θῆκας ἐς ἀΐδιον, | |
καὶ τάσδ’ ἀντιθέῳ ψυχῇ γεννήσαο κούρας | |
δισσὰς ἐκ στηθέων γραψάμενος σελίδας· | |
ὑμνεῖ δ’ ἡ μὲν νόστον Ὀδυσσῆος πολύπλαγκτον, | |
ἡ δὲ τὸν Ἰλιακὸν Δαρδανιδῶν πόλεμον. |
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Text source | H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 460-461 |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Critical text |
Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
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Comment | The epigram is preserved as book epigram in two 16th-century manuscripts: Oxford Bodl. Canonic. gr. 79 and Escorial gr. IV. 22. |
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Number of verses | 6 |
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Identification | Anthologia Graeca, XVI.292 |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3997 |
Last modified: 2020-12-23.