Type 4774
(formerly typ/2838)
| Αἴφνης δ' ἀναστὰς ἐκ τόπου πλήρης πότου | |
| ἀνὴρ πελιδνὸς, ἀγέρωχος τὸν τρόπον. | |
| στικτὸς, πολιὸς, ποικίλος χαμαιλέων | |
| ἐπεισπεσεῖται, καὶ θερίσει καλάμην. | |
| πλὴν ἀλλὰ κ' αὐτὸς συνθεριστεὶς τῷ χρόνῳ | |
| ἐσύστερον τίσει ἐναθλίας δίκας, ὦ. | |
| ὧνπερ κακῶς ἔπραξεν ἐν βίῳ τάλας. | |
| ὁ γὰρ φέρων μάχαιραν, οὐ φεύγει ξίφος. | |
| καὶ ταῦτα δρεπανηφόρε, τετράμηνόν σε μένει. |
| Title(s) | Στίχοι χρησματώδεις εἰς ἀνδρονικὸν κομνηνὸν τὸν τύραννον. |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | |
| Subject(s) | Andronikos I Komnenos (1118 - 12/09/1185) - PBW: Andronikos/1/ |
| Tag(s) | |
| Translation(s) |
'Subito autem surgens ex loco, plenus potu, Vir lividus, superbus moribus, varius, canus, variegatus chamaeleon Illabetur, et metet stipulam. At et ipse cum tempore una demessus, Postea miseras dabit poenas, o, Eorum, quae male patravit in vita miser. Portans enim gladium, haud effugiet ensem. Et haec, falcifer, in quadrimestri te manent'. |
| Comment | Hardt (1812: 157): 'Ex priore titulo colligitur, etiam hos versus, licet nomine non praefixo, ipsius Plethonis esse'. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined I. Hardt, 1812, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCCLXXIII-DLXXX continens (vol. 5), Munich: 156-157 |
| Number of verses | 9 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21348] αἴφνης δ' ἀναστὰς ἐκ τόπου πλήρης πότου
[15th c.]
MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 495 [14th-15th c.] (f. 61v) (9 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, 23: "Oraculum de Andronico Comneno imp." |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4774 |
Last modified: 2022-05-17.
