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Occurrence 37039

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	ἡρωελε\|γεῖοι

	Κλῦθι κ(αὶ) οὐκ ἐθέλουσα κακόπτερε μοῦσα θανόντ(ων)
	φωνῆς ἡμετέρης σὸν τέλος ἀμπλακίης
	ἄνθρωπον κατέλεξας, ὃς ἡνίκα γαῖαν ἐφέρπει
	πρῶτον ἔφυ τετράπους νήπιος ἐκ λαγόνων·
	γηραλέος δὲ πέλ(ων) τρίτατον πόδα βάκτρον ἐρείδει·
	αὐχένα φροντίζων, γήραϊ καμπτόμενος·

Type(s)	[6371] Κλῦθι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσα, κακόπτερε Μοῦσα θανόντων (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1491-1500
Manuscript	SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 243 (1-2-20) [22/05/1494]
Place in Manuscript	f. 79v
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Alexandrou (15th c.) - RGK: I.54, II.72 - VGH: 70.A - PLP: II.4132 (hiereus)
Palaeographical information	The title and initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is part of the preface to Euripides' Phoenissae.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Oedipus
Image source(s)	https://gredos.usal.es/handle/10366/149930
Number of verses	6
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