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Occurrence 22350
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Τοῦ πολυπλάγκτου δυστυχοῦς ὀδυσσέ(ως),
ὅμηρος ὧδ’ ἔγραψε τὰς πανουργί(ας).
δόλους τε πολλ(οὺς) κ(αὶ) πλοκὰς τῶν ψευσμ(ά)τ(ων)
ὡσὰν βλέποντες οἱ νέοι καθ’ ἡμέραν.
κ(αὶ) νοῦν ἐπερείδοντες αὐτοῖς ἐμφρόνως,
τὸ κάλλος ἐκπλήττοιντο τῶν νοημάτ(ων)
κ(αὶ) τὴν ταχίστην συμπλοκὴν τε κ(αὶ) θέσιν.
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ πολύτλα κ(αὶ) πλανήτα κ(αὶ) γέρον,
ὁδοὺς ὁ πολλὰς ἐκδραμ(ὴν) μακροῦ βίου.
πόλεις τε πλείστας εἰσιδὼν ἀνδρῶν νόον
ὁ γνοὺς μαθών τε τ(ῶν) φρενῶν ἐμπειρία·
εἰ δὴ γε τὸν σὸν εἰς ἅδην ἐπαινέτην
ὅμηρον εὕροις, ἄσπασαι καθὼς θέμ(ις)
χάριν δὲ πολλὴν τῶνδε τ(ῶν) ἐπῶν χάριν,
ἔχειν πρόσειπε τοὺς σοφοὺς νεανί(ας): +
Type(s) [3999] Τοῦ πολυπλάγκτου δυστυχοῦς Ὀδυσσέως (15 verses)
Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1426-1475
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 611 (coll. 850) [1426-1475]
Place in Manuscript f. 244r
Person(s)
Scribe
Andronikos Kallistos (15th c.) - RGK: I.18, II.25, III.31 - VGH: 30.F - PLP: V.10484
Palaeographical information Initial in red ink.
Contextual information Written at the end of Odyssey. Followed by 'τέλ(ος) ὦδε τ(ῆς) ὀδυσσεί(ας)'.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s)
Bibliography

Primary

E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 538
Number of verses 15
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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