Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3443
(formerly typ/1577)

	Ὁ γαυριῶν μέγιστα Περσικῷ στίφει,
	καὶ Βόσπορον πλοῦν ξηρὸν δείξας καθάπερ
	Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς, Δαρίου παῖς Ἀτόσσης,
	ἄθυρμα ἰοὺ δείκνυται Ἰαόνων.

Text source	A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 45
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Xerxes I (519 BC - 465 BC)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Qui gloriabatur maxime Persico agmine et Bosporum siccum ut iter praemonstravit, Xerxes rex, Darii filius et Atossae ludibrium heu! ostentatur Ionum. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 324
Bibliography	Primary E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 324
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19354] ὁ γαυριῶν μέγιστα περσικῶ στίφει [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 122v -- (alt.) f. 126v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca Appendix, III.III.197 Vassis ICB 2005, 503: "In Xerxem"
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