Occurrence 25228 (formerly occ/9253) Next ms. occ. » τὸ τῆς σφιγγὸς αἴνιγμα Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνή καὶ | τρίπον ἀλλάσσει δὲ φυὴν μόνην· ὅσσ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν, | ἑρπετὰ γίνοντ(αι) ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα καὶ κατὰ πόντον· ἀλλ’ ὅτ(αν) | πλείστοισιν ἐπειγόμενον, ποσὶ βαίη, ἔνθα μένος, | γυίοισιν, ἀφαυρότερον πέλει αὑτοῦ.+ Type(s) [5396] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή (5 verses) Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript) Text status Text completely known Date 1415 Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 52 [1415] Place in Manuscript f. 136v Palaeographical information The title and the initial are written in red ink. Contextual information The epigram precedes a prose hypothesis of Euripides' Phoenissae. Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter Genre(s) Text-related epigram Subject(s) Oedipus Comment Nousia (2016: 127): 'Sphinx's aenigma'. Bibliography Secondary F. Nousia, 2016, Byzantine Textbooks of the Palaeologan Period, Vaticano: 126 Number of verses 5 Related occurrence(s) [24963] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν· οὐ μία φωνὴ [1476-1500] COLOGNY - Bibliotheca Bodmeriana 64 [1476-1500] (f. 1v) (5 verses) (5/5) [31709] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν‧ οὗ μία μορφή [1301-1325] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 3549,8° [1301-1325] (f. 106r) (5 verses) (4/5) [23361] NA [1476-1500] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.III.15 [1476-1500] (f. 103v) (5 verses) [31668] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς, καὶ τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 191r -- (alt.) f. 194r) (5 verses) (4/5) [22878] ἔστι δίπουν (ἐπὶ) γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνή [1301-1325] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 40 [1301-1325] (f. 20v) (5 verses) (5/5) [26067] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς (καὶ) τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνὴ [1376-1400] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 43 sup. [1376-1400] (f. 249r) (5 verses) (5/5) [26072] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον· οὗ μία φωνή [1401-1425] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 105 sup. [1401-1425] (f. 70r) (5 verses) (5/5) [26111] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μία φωνὴ [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 54v) (5 verses) (5/5) [26115] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅς δ' ἐπὶ γαῖαν [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 285v) (4 verses) (4/5) [31878] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γ(ῆς) καὶ τετράπ(ον)‧ οὗ μία φωνὴ [1270-1330] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330] (f. 139r) (5 verses) (5/5) [25117] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὐ μία μορφὴ [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2803 [15th c.] (f. 137v) (5 verses) (5/5) [23183] (...) ἀνά τ᾽ αἰθέρα (...) [14th c.] PRAGUE - Národní Knihovna České Republiky XXV C 26 [14th c.] (f. 58r) (3 verses) (2/5) [24471] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μιᾶ φω|νὴ [1491-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 139 [1491-1500] (f. 158v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25442] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνή [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 140 [13th c.] (f. 66r) (5 verses) (5/5) [25392] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς· καὶ τετράπουν· οὗ μία μορφή [1326-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 142 [1326-1500] (f. 121v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25226] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς: οὗ μία φωνὴ κ(αὶ) τετράπου [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 46 [14th c.] (f. 96v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25214] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 48 [14th c.] (f. 87r) (5 verses) (5/5) [24465] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν, οὐ μία φωνὴ [1351-1400] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 896 [1351-1400] (f. 129v) (5 verses) (5/5) [25337] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς κ(αὶ) τετράπουν οὗ μία φωνή [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 48v) (5 verses) (5/5) [24499] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν ὅσ᾽ ἐπί γαῖαν [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.] (f. 188r) (4 verses) (4/5) [22267] ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπουν | οὗ μία φωνὴ [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 128v) (5 verses) (5/5) [22347] NA [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 85r) (5 verses) [22400] Ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς (καὶ) τετράπον οὗ μία φωνὴ [1476-1500] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 289 [1476-1500] (f. 92v) (5 verses) (5/5) display 20 more occurrences (23 in total) hide 20 occurrences (23 in total) Acknowledgements Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. Permalink http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/25228 Last modified: 2019-05-19. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.