Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4472
(formerly typ/2576)

	Φοῖβος ἔφυσε βροτοῖς Ἀσκληπιὸν ἠδὲ Πλάτωνα,
	τὸν μέν, ἵνα ψυχήν, τὸν δ’, ἵνα σῶμα σάοι·
	δαισάμενος δὲ γάμον πόλιν ἤλυθεν, ἥν ποθ’ ἑαυτῷ
	ἔκτισε καὶ δαπέδῳ Ζηνὸς ἐνιδρύσατο.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Diogenes Laertius
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Plato (429 BC - 347 BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Phoebus generated for mortals both Asclepius and Plato, the one to save the body, the other the soul. After celebrating a marriage he went to the city which he had founded for himself and was established in the house of Zeus. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 65 Phoibos erzeugte für Menschen Asklepios einstens und Platon: jenen dem sterblichen Leib, diesen der Seele zum Heil. Von einer Hochzeit ging Platon hinweg in die Stadt, die er früher selbst sich gegründet, und wohnt nun in der Halle des Zeus. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 73
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 72 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 64
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26679] ὡς ἐτελεύτα φοῖβος ἔφυσε (...) [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 71 sup. [15th c.] ((unsure) f. 55r) (2 verses) [22142] ὥς ἔτελεύτα φοῖβος \| ἔφυσε βροτοῖς ἀσκληπιὸν ἠδὲ πλάτωνα [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 193 (coll. 403) [15th c.] (f. 140v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Lotte van Olmen, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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