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Type 3522
(formerly typ/1639)

	Νεῖκος Ἀριστείδης Ἰάδων κατέπαυσε πολήων,
	τὸ πρὶν Ὁμηρείης εἶχον ὑπὲρ γενεῆς.
	φασὶν γὰρ πᾶσαι· "Σμύρνη τέκε θεῖον Ὅμηρον
	ἡ καὶ Ἀριστείδην ῥήτορα γειναμένη".

Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 474-475
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Publius Aelius Aristides of Hadrianotherae < Asia Minor < Turkey (117 - 181) Smyrna
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Aristides put an end to the ancient quarrel that the cities of Ionia had about Homer’s parentage. For they all say, “It was Smyrna who gave birth to divine Homer, even she who bore likewise the rhetor Aristides.”. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 351 Aristide a mis fin à l'antique querelle des villes d'Ionie sur la patrie d'Homère. Toutes proclament en effet: "Smyrne fit naître le grand Homère, elle a produit aussi le rhéteur Aristide." Language French Source(s) F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 199 Jenen uralten Streit Städte in jonischen Landen ob der Herkunft Homers bracht Aristeides zur Ruh. Alle riefen: "Geboren hat Smyrna den hehren Homeros: auch Aristeides erstand redegewaltig in ihr". Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. XII-XVI (vol. 4), München: 473 Contentionem Aristides Ionicas inter sedavit urbes, Quam de Homeri ortu habuerunt. Aiunt nunc simul omnes, Smyrna peperit divinum Homerum, Quae etiam Aristidem Rhetorem genuit. Language Latin Source(s) A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 597
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 596-597 F. Buffière, R. Aubreton, 1980, Anthologie Grecque. Tome XIII: Anthologie de Planude (vol. 13), Paris: 199 W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 13-16 (vol. 5), Cambridge: 350
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19444] νεῖκος ἀριστείδης γάδων κατέπαυσε πολήων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 60, Cod. 9 [15th c.] (f. 14r -- (alt.) f. 15r) (4 verses) [22243] Νεῖκος Ἀριστείδης (...) [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 419 (coll. 792) [14th c.] (f. 150r) (2 verses) [22246] νεῖκος ἀριστείδης ἰάδων κατέπαυσε πολήων [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 424 (coll. 759) [14th c.] (f. 2v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, XVI.320 Vassis ICB 2005, 482: "In statuam Aristidis rhetoris (AP XVI 320)"
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