Type 7005
(formerly typ/4917)
Αἰαγμάτων ἄξιος Αἴας τυγχάνει· | |
σκότῳ γὰρ ὄντως ἐκμελανθεὶς τὰς φρένας | |
ἑαυτὸν ἀπέσφαξεν Ἕκτορος ξίφει. |
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: 211-212 |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Critical text |
Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
Subject(s) | |
Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
Translation(s) |
Ajax deserves to be lamented; with his mind indeed obscured by darkness, he slew himself with Hector’s sword. |
Bibliography | |
Number of verses | 3 |
Occurrence(s) |
[24496] αἰαγμάτων ἄξιος αἴας τυγχάνει
[1401-1450]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.] (f. 61v) (3 verses) |
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Last modified: 2020-10-14.