Type 4739
(formerly typ/2809)
| Γαίης ἐν νώτοισιν ὀχοῦμενος, ὦ Πτολεμαῖε, | |
| καὶ βροτέης φύσιος δεσμούμενος ἔνδοθι τεθμῶν, | |
| οὐκ ἄστρων δὴ μοῦνον ἀειδίνητον ἀνάγκην, | |
| οὐδὲ πόλοιο φορὰν σὺ διέγνως ἀστατέουσαν· | |
| ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτά περ ὅττι τελεῖ σημήια φαίνεις. | |
| Τοὔνεκα δὴ χρειὼ καλέειν σέ τιν' οὐρανιώνων, | |
| αἰθέριόν τε νόον φορέειν, οὐ γήινον ἔμπης. | |
| Εἰ γὰρ καὶ μερόπεσσι χαμερπέσι συμβιότευσας, | |
| καὶ φύσιος θνητῶν περ ἀλυκτοπέδῃσιν ἐδέσμου, | |
| ἀλλὰ νόον παθέων ἐν τοῖσι πόνοις ἐκάθηρας, | |
| ἔξω σαρκὸς ἔβης δὲ καὶ ἀχλύος ἰλυοέσσης, | |
| καὶ τελέσεις προέειπας ἐς ὕστερα τέρμα λαχούσας. |
| Title(s) | εἰς τὴν τετράβιβλον |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dactylic hexameter |
| Subject(s) | Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
Terrae in dorso vectus, o Ptolemaee, et mortalis naturae devinctus intra leges, non astrorum sane modo semper in-gyrum-actam necessitatem, neque poli motum tu dignovisti instabilem : sed et ipsa quidem quod ferunt signa ostendis. Quapropter oportet vocemus te aliquem caelicolarum, teque dicamus aetheriam mentem ferre, non terrestrem omnino. Si enim cum mortalibus humi-repentibus una-vixisti, et naturae mortalium quidem indissolubilibus pedicis devinciebaris, at mentem affectibus per labores purgasti, extra carnem ivisti et caliginem limosam, et exitus praedixisti in-posterum finem sortitos. |
| Comment | Anth. Cougny III 146; Cougny (1890: 314-315). Title; Hardt (1810: 302): 'εἰς τὴν τετράβιβλον'. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 302 |
| Number of verses | 12 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[19546] Γαίης ἐν νώτοισ(ιν) ὀχούμενος ὦ πτολεμαῖε
[1301-1350]
MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 419 [1301-1350] (f. 89r -- (alt.) f. ρηr) (12 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 113: "Theon Alex., In Claudium Ptolemaeum" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4739 |
Last modified: 2019-08-14.
