Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25355
(formerly occ/9390)

	στίχοι εἰς τ(ὸν) προμηθέα αὐτοῦ τζέτζου (...)

	+αἰσχύλε τί φὴς τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις,
	θεοὺς σεβάζων τοὺς παθητοὺς τὴν φύσ(ιν),
	χάριν βροτῶν γ(ὰ)ρ ἠπάτησας τὸν Δίαν,
	τὸν ἐκβαλόντα τὸν, θρόν(ον) εἰπεῖν Δία,
	αἴαζε τοίνυν τοῦτο γ(ὰ)ρ πάρεστί σοι:+

Type(s)	[3436] Αἰσχύλε, τί φῄς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th-14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 88v
Palaeographical information	The title is written in red ink and is not easily readable.
Contextual information	The occurrence is placed at the end of Prometheus Bound and is followed by the epigram, inc. 'ἀνθ’ ὧν τὸ πῦρ δέδωκ(ας) ἀν(θρώπ)ων γένει'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus
Comment	It contains verses of both the epigrams: inc. 'Αἰσχύλε, τί φῄς; τοὺς θεούς σου προσφέρεις' and 'Οὐαί, Προμηθεῦ, κρᾶξον, οὐαί σοι μέγα'.
Number of verses	5
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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