Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3259
(formerly typ/1393)

	Βλέψας ὁ Πλοῦτος ἐκ θεοῦ παρουσίας,
	ὥς φησι ῥήτωρ οὗτος Ἀριστοφάνης,
	τῶν ἁρπαγῶν ἔξω γε πλεονεξίας,
	δοκεῖ δ᾽ ἔμοιγε τυφλὸν αὐτὸν ὡς πάλαι
	εἶναι, μὰ τὴν πρόνοιαν, ὡς βλέπω τάδε·
	ἐπείπερ ἁρπάζουσι καὶ τανῦν πλέον.

Text source	L. Positano, 1960, Jo. Tzetzae Commentarii in Aristophanem. Prolegomena et Commentarium in Plutum (vol. 1), Groningen: 233
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)	Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 270
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21211] (...)ρηστὸς τὰ πάντα, καὶ τέλος χεὶρ εἰσάγει [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 113r) (7 verses) [19104] βλέψας ὁ πλοῦτο(ς) ἐκ θεοῦ παρουσίας [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 141 [14th c.] (f. 101v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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, 108: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, Ad calcem Pluti Aristophanis"
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