Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5351
(formerly typ/3391)

	Αἴθε σέ, Πίνδαρε, μᾶλλον ἐμοῖς ἐκάθηρα ῥεέθροις,
	καί κεν ἄριστον ὕδωρ τοὐμὸν ἔφησθα μόνον.

Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 378-379
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Ioannes Barboukalos Grammatikos (6th c.)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Pindar (518 BC-438 BC)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Would, Pindar, that I rather than others had washed thee in my stream. Then thou wouldst have called my water alone best. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 349 Plût aux Dieux, Pindare, que je t'eusse, plutôt que tout autre, purifié dans mes flots: c'est de mon eau seule que tu aurais dit qu'il n'y a rien de meilleur que l'eau. Language French Source(s) J. Irigoin, P. Laurens, G. Soury, P. Waltz, 1974, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VIII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 359-827 (vol. 8), Paris: 117 Hätte doch ich dich, o Pindar, in meinem Gewässer gebadet! Wahrlich, du hättest allein meines das beste genannt. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 379
Comment	The epigram refers to the beginning of Pindar's first Olympian Ode: "ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ".
Bibliography	Primary J. Irigoin, P. Laurens, G. Soury, P. Waltz, 1974, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VIII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 359-827 (vol. 8), Paris: 117 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 348-349
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20735] Αἴθε σε πίνδαρε μᾶλλον ἐμοῖς ἐκάθηρα ῥεέθρ(οις) [1451-1500] LONDON - British Library - Harley 1752 [1451-1500] (f. 89v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, 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, IX.629 Vassis ICB 2005, 19: "Ioann. Barbucallus, In balneum"
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