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Type 3461
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	Ὁ μὲν Προμηθεὺς δοὺς δίκην, καθὰ θέμις,
	δείκνυσιν ἡμῖν ὡς κακὸν συλᾶν μέγα.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὸ Προμηθέως
Text source	DBBE 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: 203
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Prometheus
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	1 καθὰ ] καλὴ Cougny 2 συλᾶν ] συλᾳν Bandini
Translation(s)	On Prometheus By executing his sentence according to the law, Prometheus shows us that robbing is a great evil. Language English Source(s) 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: 203 In Promethea. Prometheus dans poenas, - pulcra lex, - demonstrat nobis, quam sit depraedari scelus magnum. 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: 414
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 83 E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 414
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19376] ὁ μὲν προμηθεὺς δοὺς δίκην καθὰ θέμ(ις) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 8 [14th c.] (f. 128r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Maria Tomadaki 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.IV.84α Vassis ICB 2005, 527: "In Aeschyli Prometheum"
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