Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 37234

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	αἰασμάτων ἄξιος αἴας τυγχάνει·
	σκότῳ γὰρ ὄντως ἐκμελᾳνθεὶς τὰς φρένας,
	ἑαυτὸν ἀπέσφαξεν ἕκτορος ξίφει:-

Type(s)	[7005] Αἰαγμάτων ἄξιος Αἴας τυγχάνει (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1446-1455
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ψ.IV.15 [1446-1455]
Place in Manuscript	f. 116r
Contextual information	Written at the end of Sophocles' Aias. The verses are preceded by another book epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aias Hektor
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16627#?xywh=-86%2C765%2C1412%2C616&cv=241
Bibliography	Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1967, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 421-649 (vol. 3), Madrid: 101
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[20326] Ὁ κλεινὸς Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 671 (olim 587) [14th c.] (f. 32r) (5 verses) (3/3) [19382] ὁ κλεῖνος αἴας τῶν ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 9 [15th c.] (f. 201v) (5 verses) (3/3) [37235] αἰασμ(ά)τ(ων) ἄξιος αἴ(ας) τυγχάνει [26/12/1333] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4617 (olim N.75) [26/12/1333-31/12/1500] (f. 34v) (3 verses) (3/3) [25308] αἰασμάτ(ων) ἄξιος αἴας τυγχάνει [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 31v) (3 verses) (3/3) [24496] αἰαγμάτων ἄξιος αἴας τυγχάνει [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.] (f. 61v) (3 verses) (3/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(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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