Type 29747
| Ῥήτωρ, σοφιστής, ἀλλὰ καὶ λογογράφος, | |
| ῥήτωρ μέγιστος ὅλων τε τῶν ῥητόρων, | |
| ῥήτωρ ἀγαθός, πρηστήριος τὴν φύσιν, | |
| ῥήτωρ δεξιός, ἔμπλεως κομπασμάτων, | |
| ῥήτωρ ἀληθὴς τοὺς θεωνύμους ὅλους | |
| πιμπρῶν, ἀναιρῶν, ἐκτεφρῶν πολυτρόπως | |
| λόγοις μυρίοις ἐν συνετῇ καρδίᾳ. |
| Title(s) | Εἰς Λουκιανὸν |
| Text source | P. Marciniak 2016, Reinventing Lucian in Byzantium, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 70, 209-224: 215 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Lucian of Samosata < Turkey (2nd c.) |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
A rhetor, sophist, but also a writer, Rhetor greatest of all the rhetors, Good rhetor, with a fiery nature, A righteous rhetor, full of boasts, A true rhetor, who all those so-called gods Burns, destroys, turns to ashes in many ways With tens of thousands of words in his intelli¬gent mind. |
| Comment | The authorship is not certain. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 7 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[29750] Ρήτωρ σοφιστὴς αλλὰ καὶ λογογράφος
[1400-1500]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1310 (f. 216v) (7 verses) |
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Creator(s)
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| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 661: "In Lucianum" |
| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/29747 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
