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Occurrence 20995
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	Λέαιν(αν) ἢ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα‧
	(καὶ) τὸν σύνευνον ἄνδρα τ(ὸν) π(ατ)ροκτόνον,
	ὁ τοῦ π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς τιμωρὸ(ς) ἐκτελ(ῶν) ὄπα,
	τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κράτιστ(ον) ἄσκευ(ον) μόνην,
	κτανὼν ἔθανεν ὡς ὀνείροις τοῖς π(…)
	εἶδε θανοῦσα πρὶν θάνη τελεσφόρα,
	ἡ δ᾽ αὐταδέλφη χαρμονῆς πεπλησμ(…)
	ἀφῆκε λυπρὸν πένθος ἀστεγὲς δάκρυ:-

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Type(s)	[3445] Λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν, ἀλλ’ οὐ μητέρα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text partially unknown
Date	26/12/1333
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [26/12/1333-31/12/1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 69r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Kinnamos (14th c.) - VGH: 78.B - PLP: V.11717
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Sophocles' 'Electra', along with two other epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Electra
Image source(s)	https://bnedigital.bne.es/bd/es/viewer?id=e6da3f0f-0b3e-4119-b83b-5866ecefb8e2&page=74
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 130 M. Tomadaki, E. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 208-210
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[19355] λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 194v -- (alt.) f. 190v) (8 verses) (8/8) [24528] λέαιναν ἢ δράκαιναν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μ(ητέ)ρα [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 40 [14th c.] (f. 48v) (8 verses) (8/8) [25331] Λέαιναν ἣ δράκαιν(αν) ἀλλ οὐ μητέρα [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 48r) (8 verses) (8/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, 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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