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Type 4208
(formerly typ/2301)

	Ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτῳ θράσει
	καὶ χωματῶν θάλασσαν ὡς φυσῶν μέγα
	τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς ἄθυρμα δείκνυται Ξέρξης.

Text source	K. Dindorf, 1851, Aeschyli tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta. Scholia Graeca ex codicibus aucta et emendata (vol. 3), Oxford: vii
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Xerxes I (519 BC - 465 BC)
Tag(s)	Polemic Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Secondary M. Tomadaki, Emilie M. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 196
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[20400] Ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτῳ θράσει [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 161 [13th c.] (f. 31r) (3 verses) [23649] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσει [1476-1500] COLOGNY - Bibliotheca Bodmeriana 3 [1476-1500] (f. 37r) (3 verses) [23692] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσει [14th c.] FERRARA - Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea - Cl. II. 116 [14th c.] (f. 109v) (3 verses) [22103] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτ(ά)τω θράσει [1276-1400] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 25 [1276-1300] (f. 125v) (3 verses) [26197] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω σθένει [14th c.] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 6 [14th c.] (f. 21r) (3 verses) [33252] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσ(ει) MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 201 [1267] (f. 68v) (3 verses) [25371] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσει [1351-1400] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 92 [14th-15th c.] (f. 153r) (3 verses) [25383] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσει [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 58 [15th c.] (f. 116v) (3 verses) [25344] ὁ γῆν θαλασσῶν περσικωτάτω θράσει [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 124v) (3 verses) display 6 more occurrences (9 in total) hide 6 occurrences (9 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Contributor(s) Mathijs Clement, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 505: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, In Xerxem"
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