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Occurrence 20993
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Type(s)	[3438] Ὁ κλεινὸς Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	26/12/1333
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [26/12/1333-31/12/1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 34v
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Kinnamos (14th c.) - VGH: 78.B - PLP: V.11717
Palaeographical information	Written in the lower margin.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Sophocles' Aiax. It is followed by another book epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Achilleus Aias Hektor
Image source(s)	https://bnedigital.bne.es/bd/es/viewer?id=e6da3f0f-0b3e-4119-b83b-5866ecefb8e2&page=40
Bibliography	Primary R. Dawe, 1973, Studies on the Text of Sophocles. The Manuscripts and the Text (vol. 1), Leiden: 118 G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 130
Number of verses	2
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