Type 6949
(formerly typ/4856)
| Ἐλθὼν Ὀρέστης εἰς πόλιν Μυκηνίδα, | |
| σὺν τῷ τροφεῖ γέροντι καὶ τῷ Πυλάδῃ, | |
| κτείνει τὸν αὐτόχειρα πατρώου φόνου | |
| καὶ τὴν συνεργὸν τῆς σφαγῆς τοῦ συμβίου. |
| Title(s) | In fine Sophoclis Electrae |
| Text source | M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 207 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | |
| Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
| Translation(s) |
When Orestes came to the city of Mycenae together with his old attendant and Pylades, he slew his father's murderer and the accomplice in the slaughter of her husband. |
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| Number of verses | 4 |
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Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
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| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6949 |
Last modified: 2020-08-26.
