Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3591
(formerly typ/1694)

	Ἡ σωφροσύνη κἂν κυίσκῃ πικρίαν,
	ἀλλὰ μελιττόεσαν ὠδίνει χάριν.

Text source	E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 416
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader
Translation(s)	Temperantia, quamvis concipiat amaritudinem, mellitam tamen parturit laetitiam. 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: 416
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1770, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 3), Florence: 323
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19515] Ἡ σωφροσύνη κᾂν κυΐσκη πικρίαν [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 86, Cod. 8 [15th c.] (f. 305v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Lev Shadrin 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.95 Vassis ICB 2005, 322: "Theod. Balsamon, In Iosephum a muliere Petephrae nudatum"
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