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Type 3818
(formerly typ/1921)

	Ἔρωτι βληθεὶς Ὑσμινίας καρδίαν,
	ἔρωτα φεύγειν προτρέπει πᾶσι νέοις·
	ἔρως γὰρ ὀξύτερον τιτρώσκει βέλους.

Title(s)	Στίχοι πρὸς ἔρωτα
Text source	M. Marcovich, 2001, Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI, München-Leipzig: XXIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Hysmine and Hysminias
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Hysminias, his heart pierced by Eros, bids all young people to flee Eros, for Eros wounds more sharply than a dart. Language English Source(s) E. Jeffreys, 2012, Four Byzantine Novels, Liverpool: 177 Cor ictus Hysminias amore, ut fugiant cuncti iuvenes, hortatur amorem, Nam telo acutius vulnerat amor. Language Latin Source(s) I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 251
Comment	This epigram was also written in the now lost, 16th-century manuscript Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria C. VI. 13 (Pasini 239).
Bibliography	Primary I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 251
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[21295] Ἔρωτι βληθεὶς, ὑσμινίας καρδίαν [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 405 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (3 verses) [19754] Ἔρωτι βληθεὶς ὑσμινίας καρδίαν [1501-1510] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III AA 3 [1501-1510] (f. 1r) (3 verses) [32526] Ἔρωτι βληθεὶς ὑσμινίας καρδίαν [16th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2914 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (3 verses) [32518] ἔρωτι βληθεὶς ὑσμινί(ας) καρδίαν [1364] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2915 [1364] (f. 1v) (3 verses)
Related type(s)	[4733] Τρωθεὶς ἔρωτος ὀξέσι ψυχοφθόροις (6 verses) (Same cycle) [4735] Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος (16 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	Vassis ICB 2005, 256: "In fabulam Eustathii Macrembolitae de Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus"
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