Type 3973
(formerly typ/2065)
| Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδας, | |
| καὶ οἱ θαλλατεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα, | |
| καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι ἰδεῖν ἐλευθερίας, | |
| τοιούτῳ καὶ οἱ γράφοντες ἰδεῖν βιβλίου τέλος. |
| Title(s) | Librarii nota |
| Text source | B. Schartau, 1994, Codices graeci Haunienses, Copenhagen: 435 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | |
| Tag(s) | Completion of the book |
| Translation(s) |
Just as strangers rejoice in seeing their fatherlands, And those at sea in finding a harbour, And like prisoners of war in seeing their freedom, In the same way do writers rejoice in seeing the end of their book. |
| Comment | Text of Schartau (1994: 435) modified by DBBE. Boeten-Janse (2018: 87): "The last two lines (...), if read without synizesis, consist of an octasyllabic colon before, and a heptasyllabic colon after, the caesura. In other words, they would result in two decapentasyllabic verses with strong caesurae after the eighth syllable. However, if read with synizesis (‘καὶ ὥσπερ’ = ‘κι ͜ὥσπερ’ and ‘τοιούτῳ’ = ‘τοιο͜ύτῳ’), the same lines would again scan like decatetrasyllables, with a heptasyllabic colon on either side of the caesura at B7. Given the prevalent stress pattern of the first colon (...), it makes more sense to read both lines as decatetra- instead of decapentasyllables." |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[20001] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδας
[1447]
COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - Fabr. 94,8° [1447] (f. 218v) (4 verses) |
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| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3973 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
