Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23995
(formerly occ/7946)

	οὐαὶ προμηθεῦ κράζων οὐαί σοι μέγα·
	χάριν βροτῶν γὰρ ἠπάτησας τ(ὸν) δία:
	καὶ λάθρα τούτου, πῶς τὸ πῦρ ἐκεκλόφεις:
	εἰτ’ οὐδ’ ἐπείσθεις ὧνπερ ἐσταυρωμένος
	τὸν ἐκβαλόντα τῶν θρόν(ων) εἰπεῖν δία·
	τῶ τοι κεραυνὸ(ς) ἐκ πολλοῦ κατηγμένος·
	ἔργον τίθησι συντριβῆς σε τὸν τάλαν·
	αἴαζε τοίνυν, τοῦτο γὰρ πάρεστί σοι:-

Type(s)	[3439] Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276-1300
Manuscript	HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 18 [1276-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 111r
Contextual information	It is preceded by the epigrams inc. 'ἀνθ' ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκας ἀνθρώπων γένει' and 'αἰσχύλε τί φὴς τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Prometheus Zeus
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpgraec18/0225/image
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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