Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5957
(formerly typ/3946)

	Καὶ δὶς μετελθεῖν καὶ τρεῖς ἢ καὶ πολλάκις
	ἄριστόν ἐστι τοῦ τραγῳδοῦ τοὺς πόνους.

Text source	G. de Andrés Martínez, 1967, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 421-649 (vol. 3), Madrid: 129
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	2 τοὺς πόνους ] an οἱ πόνοι scribendum?
Comment	Text of de Andrés Martínez (1967: 129) is slightly modified by DBBE.
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23305] Καὶ δὶς μετελθεῖν καὶ τρὶς ἢ καὶ πολλάκις [1491-1500] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ω.I.9 [1491-1500] (f. 87v) (2 verses) [31881] Καὶ δὶς μετελθεῖν κ(αὶ) τρὶς ἢ κ(αὶ) πολλάκ(ις) [1270-1330] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330] (f. 114v) (2 verses) [31882] καὶ δὶς μετελθεῖν καὶ τρὶς ἢ καὶ πολλάκις [1270-1500] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330] (f. 114v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Kyriaki Giannikou The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 374: "Librarii nota"
Permalink	http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5957

Last modified: 2026-03-23.