Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4649
(formerly typ/2722)

	Αἱ πρὶν μέγισται φανερῶς εὐπραξίαι,
	τὰ συνεχῆ τρόπαια καὶ ναυκρατίαι,
	αἱ τῶν μεγάλων πραγμάτων εὐπραγίαι,
	ὑφ’ ὧν ἀνηνέχθησαν εἰς ὕψος θράσους
	Περσοκρατῶν Ἕλληνες οἱ πάλαι γόνοι,
	πρὸς δυστυχίας τῆς πανωλέθρου χάος
	ἄρτι κατηνέχθησαν, ἀντιπνευσάσης
	τῆς εὐτυχίας εἰς μακρὰν ἀτυχίαν.

Text source	K. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 406
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Bibliography	Secondary J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 9, n. 9
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[21202] αἱ πρὶν μέγισται φανερῶς εὐπραξίαι [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 25 sup. [1476-1500] (f. 300r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 21: "Scholium in Thucydidem (7.87.6)"
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