Type 5330
(formerly typ/3373)
Ὁ σήμερον τύπτουσα τυγχάνων σφύρα | |
ὕψους ἐπάρσει καὶ βάρει τῆς ἀξίας, | |
τύφον κατασπῶν τῆς χαμερποῦς ὀφρύος, | |
τὸν ὄγκον ἐξόριζε τῆς ἐξουσίας· | |
στρέφει γὰρ εἰς ἄκμονα τὴν σφύραν χρόνος. |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Not a critical text |
Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
Person(s) | |
Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
Tag(s) | (Spiritual) advice to the reader |
Translation(s) |
Hodie cum sis tundens malleus, in-sublime elevatione tua et tuae dignitatis pondere, fastum detrahens repentis superbiae, tumorem extermina licentiae tuae: vertit enim in incude malleum tempus. |
Comment | = Anth. Gr. Append. IV.116ε |
Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined |
Number of verses | 5 |
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Contributor(s)
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 550: "Eustathius Iconiensis, Versus paraenetici" |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5330 |
Last modified: 2019-06-16.