Type 7413
(formerly typ/5203)

Μελπομένη ξέν’ ἐγὼ κούρη Διὸς αἰὲν ἐόντος·
ᾄσμασι θέλξα βροτούς, ὄμμασιν ἀθανάτους.
Title(s) In quartum librum Herodoti Historiarum
Text source J. Bértola, A. Ellis 2024, The Lost Poems on the Muses by Theodoros Gazes, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 64(3), 480-508: 506-507
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Title
Translation(s) Stranger, I am Melpomene, daughter of everlasting Zeus.
I enchanted mortals with my songs and immortals with my looks.
Language
English
Source(s)
J. Bértola, A. Ellis 2024, The Lost Poems on the Muses by Theodoros Gazes, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 64(3), 480-508: 507
Comment The poem forms part of a cycle on the nine Muses.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s) [27068] (...)πομένη ξέν’ ἐγώ κούρη διὸς αἰὲν ἐόντος [1480]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1359 [1480] (f. 175r)
(2 verses)
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Last modified: 2024-09-18.