Type 4081
(formerly typ/2170)
| Ὁ τετραπλεύρου κοσμικῆς μοναρχίας | |
| χειρὶ κρατήσας Ξέρξης ἡνίας πάσας | |
| φρέν' ἀπατηθεὶς ἐκ σοφοῦ Περικλέους, | |
| εἰς γὴν κατεκάλυψε Περσῶν τοὺς γόνους | |
| κἀκεῖνος δ’ ἐξέφυγε τῆς τύχης κύβον | |
| ἀναμεταξὺ τριχὸς ἁπαλωτάτης. | |
| Text source | M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 200-201 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | |
| Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
| Translation(s) |
Xerxes, who held in his hands all the reins of the worldly four-sided monarchy, was deceived by the wise Pericles and covered the Persians’ offsprings in earth; in the meanwhile he escaped the cube of fortune in the nick of time. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 7 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[20173] ὁ τετραπλεύρου κοσμικ(ῆς) μοναρχίας
[14th c.]
FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 98 [1372] (f. 206v) (6 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 557: "In Aeschyli Persas" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4081 |
Last modified: 2020-08-25.
