Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7075
(formerly typ/4981)

	Ὁρᾷς, θεατά, τόνδε τὸν λήθης τάφον·
	ἔνδον καλύπτει πάντα τερπνὰ τοῦ βίου,
	ὕψωμα πλούτου λαμπρότατον καὶ κλέος.
	Ἀνὴρ γὰρ οὗτος ὃς κέκρυπται τῷ λίθῳ,
	ἅπαντα ταῦτα σωφρόνως κεκτημένος,
	σάλπιγγος ἠχὴν προσμένει τὴν ἐσχάτην,
	ὑφ’ ἧς ἀναστὰς ἐκ Θεοῦ γερῶν τύχῃ,
	ἀεὶ μενόντων, οὐ μακρῷ φθαρτῶν χρόνῳ,
	ἀνθ’ ὧν παρεῖχεν ἐν βίῳ κακουμένοις
	ἑαυτὸν ὧν ἔχρῃζον ἄφθονον βλύσιν.

Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence ὁρᾶς θεατὰ τόνδε τὸν λήθ(ης) τάφον)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aphthonios of Antioch (4th-5th c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Secondary H. Omont, 1888, Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Ancien fonds grec. Belles lettres (vol. 3), Paris: 78
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[26426] ὁρᾶς θεατὰ τόνδε τὸν λήθ(ης) τάφον [11th-15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2983 [11th c.] (f. 11r) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2020-10-16.