Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6966
(formerly typ/4874)

	Ζῷόν τι πεζόν· ἀλλὰ νηκτὸν εὑρέθη.
	Ἔμψυχον, ἀλλ’ ἄψυχον. Ἔμπνουν, ἀλλ’ ἄπνουν.
	Ἕρπον, βαδίζον, καὶ πτεροῖς κεχρημένον.
	Ἄκουε καὶ θαύμαζε, καὶ δίδου λύσιν.

Title(s)	Αἴνιγμα εἰς πλοῖον, ὡς ἐξ ἑτέρου
Text source	P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: 35
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Riddle
Translation(s)	It is an animal on feet, but it turns out to swim. It has a soul, but is soulless. It has a spirit, but is spiritless. It creeps, walks, and uses wings. Hear and marvel, and give the solution. Language English Source(s) F. Bernard, C. Livanos, 2018, The Poems of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous, Cambridge (MA): 449 Animal quoddam pedestre, sed natatile, inventum est animam-habens, sed sine anima, in-quo-spiritus, sed sine-spiritu, repens, incedens at alis usum. Audi, et mirare, et da solutionem. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 571
Comment	= Anth. Gr. Append. VII.41
Bibliography	Primary F. Bernard, C. Livanos, 2018, The Poems of Christopher of Mytilene and John Mauropous, Cambridge (MA): 448 J. Boissonade, 1831, Anekdota. Anecdota Graeca e codicibus regiis (vol. 3), Paris: 434 E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 571 G. Papacharalampous 1964, Αἰνίγματα, Κυπριακαί Σπουδαί, 28, 185-193: 188 L. Westerink, 1992, Michaelis Pselli poemata, Stuttgart: 301-302
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26069] ζῶον τι πεζόν, ἀλλὰ νηκτὸν, εὑρέθη [1401-1425] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 105 sup. [1401-1425] (f. 36r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola, Nina Sietis The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 289: "Ioann. Mauropus, Aenigma in navigium tamquam ex alio"
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