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Occurrence 26155
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	ητεῖς θεατὰ τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο
	οἱ πατράδελφοι (καὶ) ταχύμοροι τάχα
	οἰδίποδος φεῦ τοῦ πανοικτίστου γόνοι
	ληροῖ κατάρας πατρικ(ὰς) πεπρωμ(έν)η·
	αἵματι κληρώσασα λαΐου δόμον,
	τοῖς πατραδέλφ(οις) συγγόν(οις) λαβδακίδες
	οἷς οἶκος ἅδης ἀχέρ(ων) λίμνη χάρων·
	(καὶ) τὸ στυγητ(ὸν) τῆς στυγὸς σκήπτει νάμα
	κτανθεῖσι (καὶ) κτείνασιν ἀλλήλ(ους) ξίφει:~

Type(s)	[3441] Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο (3 verses) [3817] Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 175 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 39v
Palaeographical information	Written on three columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram follows the end of Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Eteokles Laios Oedipus Polyneikes
Comment	The epigram is a combination of two well-known poems that are often combined: type 3441 (inc. Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο) and type 3817 (inc. Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη).
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Nina Sietis Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) 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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