Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20663
(formerly occ/4345)

	Εἰς βίβλον Μάρκου δακτυλικὰ τετράμετρα βραχυκατάληκτα

	Εἰ λύπης κρατέειν ἐθέλεις
	τήνδε μάκαιραν ἀναπτύσσων
	βίβλον ἐπέρχεο ἐνδικέως
	ἧς ὑπὸ γνώμην ὀλβίστην
	ῥεῖά κεν ὄψεαι εἰσομένων
	ὄντων τ' ἠδὲ παροιχομένων
	τερπωλήν τε ἀνίην τε
	καπνοῦ μηδὲν ἀρειοτέρην.

Type(s)	[4335] Εἰ λύπης κρατέειν ἐθέλεις (8 verses)
Text source	J. Dalfen, 1987, Marci Aurelii Antonini Ad se ipsum libri XII, Leipzig: 113
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1301-1350
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1950 [1301-1350]
Place in Manuscript	f. 392v
Metre(s)	Other
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Marcus Aurelius (26/04/121 - 17/03/180)
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart, 1970, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1745-1962. Codicum enarrationes (vol. 7.1), Vatican City: 763 L. Westerink, 1972, Arethae archiepiscopi Caesariensis Scripta minora (vol. 2), Leipzig: XVI
Number of verses	8
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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