Type 5144
(formerly typ/3203)

Φέρων λέοντος δέρμα τοῖς ὤμοις ὄνος
ηὔχει λέων εἶναί τις, αἰπόλους τρέπων.
ἐπεὶ δὲ γυμνὸς τῆς λεοντῆς εὑρέθη,
τοῦτον μυλὼν ἔμνησε τῆς ἀταξίας.
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Reader-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Ignatios the Deacon (770-845) - PMBZ: 13785: "Personenkennziffer: 2665/corr." (diakonos, metropolites)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [21914] Φέρων λέοντος δέρμα τοῖς ὤμοις ὄνος [1376-1400]
FERRARA - Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea - Cl. II. 117 [1376-1400] (f. 136v)
(4 verses)
Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 835: "Ignatius Diac., Fabula"
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Last modified: 2016-08-29.