Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31313

	Τρισεξάδελφε, χρυσέ μου, καλλιγράφε,
	ἀντιστροφὴν ποίησον εἰς γραφῆς τύπον
	τοῦ μυ τε καὶ τι καὶ φύγῃς ἄρα ψόγον·
	τὰς δ’ αὖ μύτεις νόησον υ ψιλὸν φέρειν.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 104-105
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Correction Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	O trisnipote, tesoro mio, calligrafo, opera uno scambio, alla maniera indicata dallo scritto, di μυ e di τι ed eviterai ogni critica: sappi che invece le myteis (nasi) hanno hypsilon iniziale. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 105
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 104) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 163
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[31316] τρισεξάδελφε χρυσέ μου \| καλλιγράφε [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 93r) (4 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, 804: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (3.2.3)"
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