Type 4248
(formerly typ/2345)
| Πολύδωρον Ἑκάβης τε καὶ τοῦ Πριάμου παῖδα | |
| ὁ Πολυμήστωρ ἔκτεινεν, ὁ τῶν Θρᾳκῶν κατάρχων, | |
| ἀφ’ οὗ τὴν Τροίαν ἔμαθεν Ἕλλησι πορθηθῆναι. | |
| Καὶ κτείνας εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἔρριψε τὴν ἐκεῖσε, | |
| καίπερ λαβὼν παρὰ πατρός, ὅπως αὐτὸς φυλάσσοι, | |
| Ἑκάβης αἰχμαλώτου δε οὔσης ἐν Χερρονήσῳ. | |
| - Ἐκεῖ γὰρ καὶ τὸ στράτευμα ὑπῆρχε τῶν Ἑλλήνων. - | |
| Ὄναρ φανεὶς Πολύδωρος τῇ σφῇ μητρὶ Ἑκάβῃ, | |
| ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπέκτεινεν ὁ Πολυμήστωρ λέγει, | |
| καὶ τὰ λοιπά δε σύμπαντα λεπτομερεῖ τῷ λόγῳ. | |
| Οὕτω κατ’ ἔπος λέγει δε διὰ τοῦ Εὐριπίδου· | |
| ἥκω νεκρῶν κευθμῶνα τε καὶ πύλας ἀφεὶς σκότου | |
| ἔκτοτε τοῖς φυγοῦσι δε δεινῆς ἐξ ἀρρωστίας, | |
| ὡς ἐγερθεῖσιν ἐκ νεκρῶν, λέγομεν τὰ τοιαῦτα. | |
| Τοῖς μὴ μαθοῦσι γράφομεν, οὐ τοῖς μαθοῦσι, ταῦτα. |
| Text source | P. Leone, 1968, Ioannis Tzetzae Historiae, Napoli: 314 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
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| Metre(s) | Decapentasyllable |
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| Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
| Translation(s) |
Polydorus, the son of Hecuba and Priam, was killed by Polymestor, king of the Thracians, after he had heard that Troy had been destroyed by the Greeks; he killed him and threw him into the sea nearby, even though he had received him from his father for protection, And while Hecuba was held captive in the Chersonese ‒ since the army of the Greeks was there ‒ Polydorus appeared to his mother Hecuba in a dream, and told her how Polymestor had killed him. All the rest is also treated in detail in the story. Thus he (Polydorus) says, word for word, voiced by Euripides: “I come as a shadow leaving the hollows and the gates of the dead”. Whereafter we say this expression to those who have escaped from a terrible sickness, as if they have risen from the dead. We write this for those who do not know, not for those who do. |
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| Number of verses | 15 |
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| Acknowledgements |
Information on the type courtesy of Krystina Kubina.
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 636: "Ioann. Tzetzes, In Polydorum" |
| Permalink | https://dbbe.ugent.be/types/4248 |
Last modified: 2022-09-19.
