Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7414
(formerly typ/5204)

	Τερψιχόρην με πατὴρ αἰδοίη τ’ εἶπέ γε μήτηρ,
	βήμασιν εὐρύθμοις τερψαμένη κραδίην.

Title(s)	In quintum 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: 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)	Music Nine Muses
Tag(s)	Title
Comment	The poem forms part of a cycle on the nine Muses.
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[27070] τερψιχόρην με πατὴρ αἰδοίη τ’ εἶπε γε μήτηρ [1480] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1359 [1480] (f. 235r) (2 verses)
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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