Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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Type 30603

	Ἐσβέσθης, γηραιὲ Σοφόκλεεις, ἄνθος ἀοιδῶν,
	οἰνωπὸν Βάκχου βότρυν ἐρεπτόμενος.

Title(s)	Simonides, In Sophoclem
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 26-27
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Simonides (6th c. BC - 5th c. BC)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Dionysos Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Death Epitaph Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Thy light is out, aged Sophocles, flower of poets, crowned with the purple clusters of Bacchus. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 15 Tu t'es éteint, vieux Sophocle, fleur des poètes, en grugeant une vineuse grappe de Bacchos. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 65 Bakchos' purpurne Traube, o Sophokles, aßest du eben, als dir im Alter das Licht, Blüte der Sänger, erlosch. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 27
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 14-15 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 65
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[30606] ἐσβέσθης, γηραιὲ σοφόκλεες ἄνθος ἀοιδῶν [1475] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4677 (olim N.47) [1326-1475] (f. 76v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, VII.20
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