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Type 31250

	Ἱππῆς τις ἐξώρθωσε δίφθογγον γράφων·
	ἦτα δὲ γράψον Ἀττικῷ τρόπῳ γράφων·
	ὁ σκύλλος οὗτος ἀττικώτατα γράφει.
	Τὰ πάντα ταῦτα τοιγαροῦν ἦτα γράφε,
	ἱππῆς, ἀριστῆς, Φωκαῆς, πλὴν κυρίων·
	τὰ κύρια μόνα δὲ δίφθογγα γράφε,
	Δημοσθένεις λέγω τε καὶ τὰ τοιάδε.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 61-62
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Grammar Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Correction Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Someone has corrected ἱππῆς by writing a diphthong [i.e., -eis]. But you should write it with an eta [η] in the Attic manner. For that puppy [i.e., Thuc.] wrote in a most Attic way. So write all the words of this kind with an eta: hippês, aristês, Phokaês, but not proper nouns. Proper nouns alone you should write with a diphthong, I mean Demostheneis [i.e., Demostheneses] and the like. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 70 Qualcuno ha corretto Lirrrfjg scrivendo un dittongo64: tu invece scrivi età, se vuoi scrivere alla maniera attica. Questo cucciolo (i.e. Tucidide) scrive un perfetto attico. Scrivi quindi tutti i termini di questo tipo con età, ἱππῆς, ἀριστῆς, Φωκαῆς, eccetto i nomi propri: solo i nomi propri scrivili con dittongo, intendo dire Δημοσθένεις e forme similari. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 62
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 50-51 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 69-70
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[31253] ἱππῆς τ(ις) ἐξώρθωσε· \| δίφθογγ(ον) γράφων [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 26r) (7 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	Vassis ICB 2005, 364: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, Scholium in Thucydidem (1.63.2)"
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