Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6032
(formerly typ/4016)

	Καὶ μέγα μικρὸν καὶ σμικρὸν μέγα καὶ τόδε ὡς δεῖ,
	πρᾶξαι ὑμνοπόλοις Φοῖβος ἔδοκε μόνοις.
	Ἠρὼ παρθένος Λείανδρός τε βροτοίπερ ἐόντες
	εἰσὶ δὲ ἀθανάτοιο τερψινόοις ἔπεσιν
	εἰδὴ Μουσαῖός τις ἔμ' ὑμνήσαιτο θανόντα
	αὐτίκα τεθναίην, ὄφρα βίοιο τύχω.

Title(s)	In Musaei Heronem et Leandrum
Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence Καὶ μέγα μικρὸν, καὶ σμικρὸν μέγα, καὶ τόδε ὡς δεῖ)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Apollon Hero and Leander Mousaios (5th-6th c.)
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Secondary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 99
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[23518] Καὶ μέγα μικρὸν, καὶ σμικρὸν μέγα, καὶ τόδε ὡς δεῖ [15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 64 [15th c.] (f. 81v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2020-12-10.