Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4100
(formerly typ/2194)

	Καὶ βάτραχοι φωνοῦσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τελμάτων·
	καὶ κύνες ὑλακτοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ μακρόθεν·
	καὶ κάνθαροι παίζουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐν κοπρίαις.
	οὐκοῦν τί καινὸν εἰ λαλοῦσι καὶ λίθοι,
	μικρὸν παραλλάττοντες ἀνδρῶν βατράχων;

Title(s)	Πρὸς τινὰ λοίδορον
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Michael Psellos (1018-1081) - PBW: Michael/61/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Polemic
Comment	1 φανοῦσιν \| φωνοῦσιν Ambr. L 73 sup. f. VIIv
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 587 E. Mioni, 1965, Catalogo di manoscritti greci esistenti nelle biblioteche italiane (vol. 1), Rome: 37 L. Westerink, 1992, Michaelis Pselli poemata, Stuttgart: 296
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[20206] καὶ βάτραχοι φωνοῦσιν ἀλλ’ ἐκ πελμάτων [15th c.] BOLOGNA - Biblioteca Universitaria 4238 [15th c.] (f. 120v) (5 verses) [21216] (καὶ) βάτραχοι φωνοῦσι(ν), ἀλλ’ ἐκ πελμ(ά)τ(ων) [13th-14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 73 sup. [13th-14th c.] (f. VIIv) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 373: "In maledicum insensatum"
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Last modified: 2020-08-21.