Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7418
(formerly typ/5208)

Καλλιόπη πέλομαι Διὸς εὐειδέστατον ἔρνος·
φθέγμα δέ μου στόματος καὶ μέλιτος γλύκιον.
Title(s) In nonum 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: 508
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) I am Calliope, most beautiful scion of Zeus.
The voice from my mouth is sweeter even than honey.
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: 508
Comment The poem forms part of a cycle on the nine Muses.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s) [27077] καλλιόπη πέλομαι διὸς εὐειδέστατον ἔρνος [1480]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1359 [1480] (f. 441v)
(2 verses)
Related type(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Julián Bértola
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification
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