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Occurrence 19770
(formerly occ/3327)

	Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὴν Εὐκλείδου Γεωμετρίαν

	Ἐυκλείδης νόον ὅξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι
	Πάντα τε ἀτρεκέως ἐξερέεινε βροτοῖς,
	Ὀπόσα μήσατο τηλεθόωσα φύσις βυμβαίνειν
	Σχήμασιν, ἠδ᾽ ὄγκοις θειμήιον γε τὸδε.
	Πάσης μὲν τεκτηνάμενης σοφίης κόσμῳ δὲ
	Παντὶ ἑῆς προλιπὼν σύμβολον εὐμαθίης.

Type(s)	[3613] Εὐκλείδης νόον ὀξὺν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι (6 verses)
Text source	S. Cyrillus, 1832, Codices graeci mss Regiae Bibliothecae Borbonicae (vol. 2), Napels: 353
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1501-1550
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III C 9 [1501-1550]
Place in Manuscript	f. 17r
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Euclid's Elementa.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euclid (4th c. BC - 3rd c. BC)
Comment	Title from Formentin-Richetti-Siben (2015: 98).
Bibliography	Primary M. Formentin, F. Richetti, L. Siben, 2015, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 3), Roma: 98
Number of verses	6
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