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Type 31243

Ξύλου παῖς ὁ Ἡρόδοτος πρότερος Θουκυδίδου.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 73
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)	Herodotus of Halikarnassos < Caria < Asia Minor < Turkey (485 BC - 425 BC) Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Correction Polemic Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Herodotos, the son of Xyles, came before Thucydides. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 69 Erodoto figlio di Xyles era più vecchio di Tucidide. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 73
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 434 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 69
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[31246] ξύλ(ου) π(αῖς), ο \| ἡρόδ(οτος) πρότερο(ς) \| θουκυδίδου [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 3r) (1 verse)
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	Vassis ICB 2005, 500: "Scholium in Thucydidem"
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