Type 6032
(formerly typ/4016)
| Καὶ μέγα μικρὸν καὶ σμικρὸν μέγα καὶ τόδε ὡς δεῖ | |
| πρᾶξαι, ὑμνοπόλοις Φοῖβος ἔδωκε μόνοις. | |
| Ἠρὼ παρθένος Λείανδρός τε, βροτοί περ ἐόντες, | |
| εἰσὶ δὲ ἀθανάτοιο τερψινόοις ἔπεσιν. | |
| Εἰ δὴ Μουσαῖός τις ἔμ' ὑμνήσαιτο θανόντα, | |
| αὐτίκα τεθναίην, ὄφρα βίοιο τύχω. |
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| 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 |
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| Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
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| Translation(s) |
The ability to turn big into small, and small into big, and do this as it should be done, Phoebus bequeathed only to poets. (H)Ero the virgin and Leander, albeit mortal, are immortal in the verse that delights the mind. If a Musaeus were to praise me after my death, may I die immediately, so as to obtain life. |
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| 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) |
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| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6032 |
Last modified: 2023-11-15.
