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Type 3817
(formerly typ/1920)

	Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη
	αἵματι κληρώσασα Λαΐου δόμον
	τοῖς πατραδέλφοις συγγόνοις Λαβδακίδαις,
	οἷς οἶκος Ἅιδης, Ἀχέρων, Λίμνη, Χάρων
	καὶ τὸ στυγητὸν τῆς Στυγὸς σκηπτὸν νᾶμα,
	κτανθεῖσι καὶ κτείνασιν ἀλλήλους ξίφει.

Text source	O. Smith, 1982, Scholia Graeca in Aeschylum quae exstant omnia. Scholia in Septem adversus Thebas continens (vol. 2), Leipzig: 8-9
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Eteokles Laios Oedipus Polyneikes
Tag(s)	Death Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	implet imprecationes paternas fatum quod cruenta-hereditate adscripsit Laii domum istis patris-fratribus germanis Labdacidis, quibus domicilium Dis, Acheron, Palus, Charon, et odiosum Stygis ruens fluentum, et qui occisi sunt et qui se occiderunt invicem gladio. 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: 323
Comment	, vv. 4-9 Text of Smith (1982: 8-9) modified by DBBE. Vassis considers these verses to be part of a nine-verse epigram (inc. Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο).
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 45 E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 323 K. Dindorf, 1851, Aeschyli tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta. Scholia Graeca ex codicibus aucta et emendata (vol. 3), Oxford: VII
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20171] πληροῖ κατάρας π(ατ)ρικὰς πεπρωμένη [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 98 [1372] (f. 180v) (6 verses) [19352] ἄν(θρωπ)ε ζητεῖς τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 90r -- (alt.) f. 94r) (9 verses) [25949] πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικ(ὰς) πεπρωμ(έ)νη [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 56 sup. [14th c.] (f. 90v) (6 verses) [26155] ητεῖς θεατὰ τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 175 sup. [15th c.] (f. 39v) (9 verses) [19753] Πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικὰς πεπρωμένη [15th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II F 29 [1476-1500] ((unsure) f. 37v) (? verses) [25343] πληροῖ κατάρας πατρικ(ὰς) πεπρωμένη [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 110r) (6 verses) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
Related type(s)	[3441] Ζητεῖς, θεατά, τίνες οὗτοι οἱ δύο (3 verses) (Same cycle)
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 Appendix, III.III.196 Vassis ICB 2005, 284: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, In Aeschyli Septem adversus Thebas"
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