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Type 3500
(formerly typ/1619)

	Ἀσπίδ᾽ Ἀχιλλῆος, τὴν Ἕκτορος αἷμα πιοῦσαν,
	Λαρτιάδης Δαναῶν ἦρε κακοκρισίῃ·
	ναυηγοῦ δὲ θάλασσα κατέσπασε καὶ παρὰ τύμβον
	Αἴαντος νηκτὴν ὥρμισεν, οὐκ Ἰθάκῃ.

Title(s)	In scutum Achillis
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 76-77
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Achilleus Aias Hektor Ithaka Odysseus
Tag(s)	Polemic Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	The son of Laertes gained by the unjust judgment of the Greeks the shield of Achilles that had drunk the blood of Hector. But when he suffered shipwreck the sea robbed him of it, and floated it ashore by the tomb of Ajax and not in Ithaca. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 61 Le bouclier d'Achille, qui avait bu le sang d'Hector, fut acquis au fils de Laërte, par l'inique jugement des Danaens; mais quand celui-ci fit naufrage, la mer le lui arracha, et c'est vers le tombeau d'Ajax qu'elle le fit voguer pour y jeter l'ancre, ce n'est pas vers Ithaque. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 46 Diesen Schild des Achill, getränkt vom Blute des Hektor, hat der Danaer Spruch schnöde Odysseus geschenkt. Dem aber nahm ihn beim Schiffbruch das Meer und spülte ihn wogend nicht nach Ithaka hin, sondern zu Aias aufs Grab. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 77
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 297 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 60-61 P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 46
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19413] ἀσπίδ᾽ ἀχιλλῆος τὴν ἕκτορος αἷμα πιοῦσαν [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 56, Cod. 3 [15th c.] (f. 154v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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, IX.115
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3500

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