Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3999
(formerly typ/2091)

Τοῦ πολυπλάγκτου δυστυχοῦς Ὀδυσσέως
Ὅμηρος ὧδε ἔγραψε τὰς πανουργίας
δόλους τε πολλοὺς καὶ πλοκὰς τῶν ψευσμάτων,
ὣς ἂν βλέποντες οἱ νέοι καθημέραν
καὶ νοῦν ἐπερείδοντες αὐτοῖς ἐμφρόνως
τὸ κάλλος ἐκπλήττοιντο τῶν νοημάτων
καὶ τὴν ταχίστην συμπλοκήν τε καὶ θέσιν.
Ἀλλ᾽ ὦ πολυτλὰς πλανήτα [τε] καὶ γέρον,
ὁδοὺς ὁ πολλὰς ἐκδραμὼν μακροῦ βίου
πόλεις τε πλείστας εἰσιδὼν ἀνδρῶν νόον
ὁ γνοὺς μαθὼν τε τῶν φρενῶν ἐμπειρία·
εἰ δή γε τὸν σὸν εἰς ἅδην ἐπαινέτην
Ὅμηρον εὕροις, ἄσπασαι καθὼς θέμις,
χάριν δὲ πολλὴν τῶνδε τῶν ἐπῶν χάριν
ἔχειν πρόσειπε τοὺς σοφοὺς νεανίας.
Text source A. Ludwich, 1871, Scholia ad Odysseae lib. XIII ex codicibus mss. Veneto et Monacensi, Torino: 3
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
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Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Comment Text of Ludwich (1871: 3) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography

Primary

H. Coxe, 1969, The collection of the Abate Matteo Luigi Canonici, Oxford: 78
Number of verses 15
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Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, Renaat Meesters, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 793: "In Odysseam"
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