Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31501

Εἴ τινα πόοποτ’ ἄκουσας ἐνυαλίου φίλον υἱόν·
καὶ σθεναρὸν δυνάμει καὶ θαρσαλέον πολεμίζειν·
ἕκτορα τὸν πριάμοιο νόει μοῦνον γεγενεῖσθαι·
ὅν ποτε μαρνάμενον· διομήδης ἔκτανεν ἀνήρ·
αἴκε πρὸς τρώων δαναοῖσι μάχην προφέροντα·
ὃν καὶ τῆδε θανόντα, τάφος ὁδ' ἀμφικαλύπτει·
Type(s) [4115] Εἴ τινα πώποτ’ ἄκουσας Ἐνυαλίου φίλον υἱὸν (6 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1476-1500
Manuscript LONDON - British Library - Harley 5601 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript f. 281v
Person(s)
Scribe
Angelos - RGK: I.6 - VGH: 8.C - PLP: I.177
Palaeographical information The initial is written in red ink.
Contextual information This epigram is the first in a series of three epigrams, written at the end of Homer's Iliad.
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_5601_f281v
Number of verses 6
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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