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Type 31339

	Ὠρωπίαν ἤκουσα τῆς Βοιωτίας.
	Ἣ νῦν θάλασσα πρὶν τελοῦσα γῆς μέρος,
	τὰ τοῦ βιβλογράφου δὲ κλῆσις ὀσπρίων.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 41-42
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Correction Criticism of the scribe Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	I’ve heard of an Oropia (Ὠρωπία) in Boiotia. “What is now sea used to be part of dry land” [Thuc. 3.89.2] but this scribe had made it into the name of a . . . legume. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 73 Ho sentito (parlare) di una Ὠρωπία della Beozia. Quel che ora è mare, essendo stato prima un pezzo di terra, stando a quanto (scrive) il copista ha preso il nome di ... legumi. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 42
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 41-42) modified by DBBE. Vassis considers this poem to be composed of two separate epigrams: v. 1 and vv. 2-3.
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 217-218 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 73
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[31344] ὠρωπί(αν) ἤκουσα τ(ῆς) βοιωτί(ας) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 122r) (3 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, 314: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, Scholium in Thucydidem (3.89.2)" Vassis ICB 2005, 894: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (3.89.2)"
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