Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 31717

	Φρύνιν ἰῶτα, τὴν δὲ Φρύνην ἦτα νῦ
	πόρνην τελοῦσαν, ἧς πολὺ πάλαι κλέος.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 124
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)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Phryne (4th c. BC) (hetaira)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Φρύνιν con iota ma invece Φρύνην (che fu cortigiana tanto famosa un tempo) con eta-ny. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 124
Comment	Text of Luzzatto (1999: 124) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 408
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31726] φρύνιν ἰῶτα. τ(ὴν) δὲ φρύν(ην) \| ἦτά νυ/ν (?) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 289v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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, 844: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Thucydidem (8.6.4)"
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