Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5347
(formerly typ/3389)

	Νεβρείων ὁπόσον σάλπιγξ ὑπερίαχεν αὐλῶν,
	τόσσον ὑπὲρ πάσας ἔκραγε σεῖο χέλυς·
	οὐδὲ μάτην ἁπαλοῖς περὶ χείλεσιν ἑσμὸς ἐκεῖνος
	ἔπλασε κηρόδετον, Πίνδαρε, σεῖο μέλι.
	Μάρτυς ὁ Μαινάλιος κερόεις θεὸς ὕμνον ἀείσας
	τὸν σέο καὶ νομίων λησάμενος δονάκων.

Title(s)	Εἰς εἰκόνα Πινδάρου In imaginem Pindari
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 466-467
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antipatros of Thessaloniki < Central Macedonia < Greece
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Music Pindar (518 BC-438 BC)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author
Translation(s)	As much as the trumpet out-peals the fawn-bone flute, so much does thy lyre out-ring all others. It was not idly, Pindar, that that swarm of bees fashioned the honeycomb about thy tender lips. I call to witness the horned god of Arcady, who chanted one of thy hymns and forgot his reed-pipe. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 341-343 Autant la trompette couvre le son des flûtes en os de faon, autant de ses accents ta lyre surpasse toutes les autres. Ce n'est pas en vain qu'un blond essaim d'abeilles sur tes tendres lèvres vint former, Pindare, son gâteau de miel. Témoin en est le dieu cornu du Ménale: il voulut chanter un de tes chants, il en oublia ses roseaux champêtres. Language French Source(s) F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 194 Wie die Trompete des Kriegs die Flöte vom Beine des Hirschkalbs laut übertönt, so braust über die andern dein Sang. Nicht umsonst hat der Schwarm der Bienen dir, Pindar, auf deinen jugendlich schwellenden Mund Waben von Honig gelegt. Das bezeugt der gehörnte mainalische Gott mir, der deinen Hymnos gesungen un drob seine Syringe vergaß. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 465
Bibliography	Primary F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 194 W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 340-343
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20733] Νεβρείων ὁπόσον σάλπιγξ ὑπερίαχεν αὐλῶν [1451-1500] LONDON - British Library - Harley 1752 [1451-1500] (f. 89v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, XVI.305
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