Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5627
(formerly typ/3686)

	Λουκιανὸς τάδ᾽ ἔγραψα, παλαιά τε μωρά τε εἰδώς·
	μωρὰ γὰρ ἀνθρώποις καὶ τὰ δοκοῦντα σοφά.
	Οὐδὲν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι διακριδόν ἐστι νόημα·
	ἀλλ᾽ ὃ σὺ θαυμάζεις, τοῦθ᾽ ἑτέροισι γέλως.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βίβλον Lucianus, In sui ipsius librum
Text source	E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 312
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Lucian of Samosata < Turkey (2nd c.)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Lucian of Samosata < Turkey (2nd c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Ik, Lucianus, bekend met wat oud en wat dwaas is, ik schreef dit. Weet: voor mensen is dwaas zelfs wat wijs lijkt te zijn, en onder mensen bestaat er geen opvatting die absoluut is. Iets krijgt van jou veel respect? Anderen lachen ermee. Language Dutch Source(s) K. Demoen 2022, Verzen bij Lucianus, Kleio, 51(1), 68-73: 69 I, Lucian, expert in ancient follies, wrote these works; what men deem wise is foolish, and there is no ideal among humanity; For what you admire is laughable to others. Language English Source(s) N. Wilson, 1994, Photius. The Bibliotheca., London: 134 In suum librum. Lucianus haec scripsi, antiquaque stultaque sciens, stulta enim hominibus vel sunt ea quae videntur sapientia. Nihil est in hominibus quod distincte intelligatur; sed quod tu miraris, id aliis ludibrium est. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 312
Comment	= Anth. Gr. Append. III.132
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Verzen bij Lucianus, Kleio, 51(1), 68-73: 69 É. Marquis 2013, Les textes de Lucien à tradition simple, Revue d'histoire des textes, 8, 1-36: 24 Secondary K. Demoen 2019, Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext, in M. Kanellou, C. Carey, I. Petrovic (eds.), Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era, Oxford, 66-84: 73 N. Wilson, 1994, Photius. The Bibliotheca., London: 134
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26207] Λουκιανὸς τάδ᾽ ἔγραψα, παλαιά τε μωρά τε εἰδώς [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 77 [10th-14th c.] ((gen.) at the beginning of the manuscript) (4 verses) [26208] Λουκιανὸς τάδ᾽ ἔγραψα, παλαιά τε μωρά τε εἰδώς [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Riccardiana 25 [1451-1500] (f. IIv) (4 verses) [21153] λουκιανος ταδ εγραψε παλαια \| τε μωρα τε ειδως [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 218 inf. [1476-1500] (f. VIIIv) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, Nina Sietis, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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