Type 5175
(formerly typ/3225)
| Πολλοὺς μὲν φῦσεν ἀνέρας θεοειδέας Ἑλλάς, | |
| προὔχοντας σοφίῃ, τῇ τε ἄλλῃ ἀρετῇ. | |
| Ἀλλὰ Γεμιστός, ὅσον Φαέθων ἄστρων παραλλάσσει, | |
| τόσσον τῶν ἄλλων ἀμφοτέρων κρατέει. |
| Title(s) | Στίχοι εἰς Πλήθωνα ἐπιτάφιοι |
| Text source | L. Mohler, 1942, Aus Bessarions Gelehrtenkreis: Abhandlungen, Reden, Briefe von Bessarion, Theodoros Gazes, Michael Apostolios, Andronikos Kallistos, Georgios Trapezuntinos, Niccolò Perotti, Niccolò Capranica, Paderborn: 469 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
| Subject(s) | Georgios Gemistos Plethon (1355 - 1452-1454) - VGH: 83.B - PLP: II.3630 |
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| Critical Notes | 1 ἀνέρας θεοειδέας ] θεοειδέας ἀνέρας mss. 2 ἄλλῃ ] ὅλῃ mss. 3 παραλλάσσει ] ὑπερίσχει mss. |
| Translation(s) | Viele gottähnliche Männer hat Griechenland hervorgebracht, die an Weisheit und anderer Tugend herausragten. Doch soviel sich Phaethon von den Sternen unterscheidet, soviel ist Gemistos den anderen in beiden Bezügen überlegen. |
| Comment | Text of Mohler (1942: 469) modified by DBBE. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
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| Acknowledgements |
Information on the type courtesy of Maria Tomadaki.
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, 635: "Bessarion, Epitaphium in Georgium Gemistum Plethonem" |
| Permalink | https://dbbe.ugent.be/types/5175 |
Last modified: 2022-01-03.
