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Type 3285
(formerly typ/1426)

	Λάϊε Λαβδακίδη, παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς.
	δώσω τοι φίλον υἱόν· ἀτὰρ πεπρωμένον ἐστὶ
	σοῦ παιδὸς χείρεσσι λιπεῖν φάος· ὣς γὰρ ἔνευσε
	Ζεὺς Κρονίδης, Πέλοπος στυγεραῖς ἀραῖσι πιθήσας,
	οὗ φίλον ἥρπασας υἱόν· ὁ δ’ ηὔξατό σοι τάδε πάντα.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Laios Oedipus Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Comment	The text offered by Ambr. L 39 sup is slightly different from the type.
Bibliography	Primary A. Pearson, 1967, Sophoclis fabulae, Oxford: 8-8* Secondary M. Tomadaki, Emilie M. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 204 Bibliography category to be determined K. Dindorf, S. Mekler, 1925, Sophocles Tragoediae, Lipsiae: 110 C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 261
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[23652] λάϊε λαβδακίδη· παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1476-1500] COLOGNY - Bibliotheca Bodmeriana 64 [1476-1500] (f. 1v) (5 verses) [31708] λάιε λαβδακίδη‧ παίδ(ων) γένος ὄλβι(ον) αἰτεῖς [1301-1325] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 3549,8° [1301-1325] (f. 105v-106r) (5 verses) [23684] λάϊε λαβδακίδη· παίδ(ων) γένο(ς) ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [15th c.] CREMONA - Biblioteca Governativa 130 [1376-1500] (f. 43r) (5 verses) [23360] NA [1476-1500] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.III.15 [1476-1500] (f. 103v) (5 verses) [31667] λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδ(ων) γένο(ς) ὄλβιον αἰτ(εῖς) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 191r -- (alt.) f. 194r) (5 verses) [22877] Λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1301-1325] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 40 [1301-1325] (f. 20v) (5 verses) [26110] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 54v) (5 verses) [26114] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 39 sup. [14th c.] (f. 285v) (5 verses) [29505] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδ(ων) γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1270-1330] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2712 [1270-1330] (f. f. 38v-39r) (5 verses) [25119] Λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2803 [15th c.] (f. 138v) (5 verses) [24472] Λάϊε λαβδακίδους παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1491-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 139 [1491-1500] (f. 158v) (5 verses) [19131] λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον ζητεῖς [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 140 [13th c.] (f. 66r) (5 verses) [25179] λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδ(ων) γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 142 [1326-1500] (f. 121r) (5 verses) [25388] λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 50 [14th c.] (f. 143r) (5 verses) [24463] λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1351-1400] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 896 [1351-1400] (f. 129v) (5 verses) [24453] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1310] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 910 [1310] (f. 7r) (4 verses) [25336] Λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένο(ς) ὄλβι(ον) αἰτεῖς [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 48v) (5 verses) [24498] λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1401-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2221 [15th c.] (f. 188r) (5 verses) [26547] λάϊε λαβδακίδη παίδ(ων) γένο(ς) ὄλβι(ον) αἰτ(εῖς) [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 468 (coll. 653) [14th c.] (f. 128v) (5 verses) [22345] Λάϊε Λαβδακίδη· παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς· [1413] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 197 [1413] (f. 85r) (5 verses) [22398] Λάιε λαβδακίδη παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς [1476-1500] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 289 [1476-1500] (f. 92v) (5 verses) display 18 more occurrences (21 in total) hide 18 occurrences (21 in total)
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