Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4096
(formerly typ/2189)

	Κεντῶ Νικόλ(αν) καὶ Νικόλας οὐ τρέχει·
	τῶν γὰρ ἀγαθῶν, φεῦ, ὅλων ἀποτρέχει.
	γηραιὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ μοχθῶν οὐ μανθάνει·
	γηράσασα γὰρ ἡ φύσις ἀπεψύγη
	εντεῦθεν ὥσπερ ξηρὰ προσμένουσά πως·
	ἄνικμός ἐστι καὶ λοιπὸν οὐ μανθάνει.
	ἂν οὖν ποθῇς, ἄνθρωπε, καὶ μαθεῖν θέλεις
	(...)

Text status	Text partially unknown
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Drosos of Aradeo < Apulia < Southern Italy < Italy
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined W. Koster 1934, De codice fragmentum scholiorum metricorum ad Pindarum continente, Mnemosyne, 1, 181-188: 184 P. Moraux, D. Harlfinger, D. Reinsch, J. Wiesner, 1976, Aristoteles Graecus. Die griechischen Manuskripte des Aristoteles. Alexandrien-London (vol. 1), Berlin-New York: 482
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[20200] κεντῶ νικόλαν καὶ νικόλας οὐ τρέχει [1291-1300] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 72, Cod. 14 [1291-1300] (f. 74r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Julián Bértola, Renaat Meesters The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2020-08-21.