Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5712
(formerly typ/3743)

	Βίβλου τῆσδ᾽ ἐπέεσσι τεὸν νόον ἔνθεο χαίρων
	Αυσονίων σκηπτοῦχε Λέων καὶ μίμνεο φρεσσὶ
	τάξιν ὅπως πτολέμοιο θείης γλαφυρῆς ἀπὸ τέχνης,
	καὶ ταχὺ βάρβαρα φῦλα τεῆς δια χειρὸς ὀλέσσῃς
	ὅσσα βόρεια νότου τε ἀλαζονῆας Σαρακηνούς.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Leo VI the Philosopher (866-912) - PMBZ: 26465: "Personenkennziffer: 24311"
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Secondary A. Németh, 2018, The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past, Cambridge: 62, n. 24 Bibliography category to be determined A. Dain 1968, Urbicius ou Mauricius, Revue des Études Byzantines, 26, 123-136: 125 R. Fӧrster 1877, Studien zu den griechischen Taktikern, Hermes, 12, 426-471: 462 M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 355 A. Markopoulos 1994, Επίγραμμα προς τιμήν του Λέοντος Στ’ του Σοφού, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 9, 33-40: 39 R. Vári 1906, Zur Überlieferung mittelgriechischer Taktiker, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 15, 47–87: 77-78
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[22993] βίβλου τῆσδ᾽ ἐπέεσσι τεὸν νόον ἔνθεο χαίρων [926-1000] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 119 sup. [959] (f. 96v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 105: "In librum Tacticorum Urbicii et in laudem Leonis VI imp."
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Last modified: 2021-10-11.