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Type 31260

	Χαιρωνίαν γίνωσκε καὶ Κορωνίαν
	Ἴωνας ἐγγράφοντας, ὡς Τζέτζης λέγει·
	ἰῶτα λοιπόν εἰσιν Ἰώνων λόγοις.
	Οὕτω γράφειν δέ φησι καὶ Θουκυδίδην.
	Οὐδὲν παρ’ εἰκός· αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ γὰρ λόγοις
	τοὺς Ἀττικοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς εὕρῃς λέγει.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 64-65
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Grammar John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/ Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium Self-presentation
Translation(s)	Know that the Ionians, as Tzetzes says, write Chaironia and Koronia. They are, therefore, pronounced with an iota in Ionian. I say that Thucydides also wrote in that way. This is not implausible: he himself [Thuc.] says in his own account, as you can find, that the people of Attica were Ionians. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 71 Sappi che gli Ioni, come insegna Tzetzes, scrivono Χαιρωνίαν e Κορωνίαν: esse sono pertanto (pronunciate) con iota nella parlata degli Ioni ed egli (Tzetzes) sostiene che anche Tuddide scrive in questo modo. Non c’è niente di inverosimile: Tucidide stesso infatti nella sua opera afferma, come potrai verificare, che gli Attici sono Ioni. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 65
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 83 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 71
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[31263] χαιρωνί(αν) γίνωσκε (καὶ) κορωνί(αν) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 41v) (6 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, 853: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (1.113.1)"
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