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Occurrence 37315

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	χρησμὸς:

	Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς;
	τέξεις μὲν φίλον υἱὸν· ἀτὰρ δώσω τοι μόρος ἔσται·
	παιδὸς ἑοῦ χείρεσσι λιπεῖν βίον, ὡς γ(ὰρ) ἔνευσ(εν)
	ζεὺς κρονίδης πέλοπος στυγεραῖς ἀραῖς πιθήσας
	οὗ φίλον ἥρπασ(ας) υἱὸν· ὅδ’ ηὔξατό σοι τάδε πάντα:-

Type(s)	[3285] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη· παίδων γένος ὄλβιον ζητεῖς (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1491-1500
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ω.I.9 [1491-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 30r
Person(s)	Scribe Zacharias Kallierges (15th-16th c.) - RGK: I.119, II.156, III.197 - VGH: 125.C
Palaeographical information	The title and initial are written in red ink. Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Euripides' 'Phoinissai'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Laios Oedipus Pelops Zeus
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16224#?xywh=-18%2C-21%2C1469%2C641&cv=60
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: 128
Number of verses	5
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