Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4515
(formerly typ/2608)

	Ἑλλάδος εὐρυχόρου στέφανον καὶ κόσμον ἀοιδῆς,
	Ἀσκραῖον γενεὴν Ἡσίοδον κατέχω.

Title(s)	In Hesiodum
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 42-43
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Demiourgos
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Hesiod (8th-7th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Death Epitaph Praise of the author
Translation(s)	I hold Hesiod of Ascra the glory of spacious Hellas and the ornament of Poesy. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 33 La grande Hellade a pour couronne et parure de poésie l'enfant d'Ascra, Hésiode, qui est dans mon sein. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 80 Ich umschliesse die Krone der raümigen Hellas, die Zierde allen Gesanges, den Sohn Askras, der Stadt: Hesiod. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 43
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 32-33 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 80
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23331] NA [15th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Φ.III.16 [15th c.] ((unsure) f. 114r) (2 verses) [20988] NA [1462] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4607 (olim N.8) [1462] (f. 3v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, VII.52
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