Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4390
(formerly typ/2487)

	Πρὸς τὴν Καλυψὼ Ζεὺς Ὀδυσσέως χάριν
	πέμπει τὸν Ἑρμῆν Ἀθηνᾶς πεισθεὶς λόγῳ·
	αὐτὴ δὲ θᾶττον εἰς Ἰθακην εὐθέως
	ἥκει παραινέσουσα τῷ Τηλεμάχῳ
	ὡς πρὸς πατρὸς ζήτησιν ἐλθεῖν σπουδάσοι,
	ἀρχῷ παρεικασθεῖσα Ταφίων Μέντῃ.
	ἐπιξενωθεῖσα δὲ τῷ Τηλεμάχῳ,
	Σπάρτην διελθεῖν καὶ Πύλον τούτῳ λέγει,
	ὡς πατρικὴν ἄφιξιν ἐκ τούτου μάθοι.
	αὐτῆς δ᾽ ἐκεῖθεν ἐκδραμούσης αὐτίκα
	Τηλέμαχος πρόσεισι μνηστήρων ὄχλον
	καὶ πάντας ἄρδην θρασυκωτέροις λόγοις
	εἰς ἀγορὰν αὔριον ἡκέναι λέγει.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Odysseus
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined K. Dindorf, 1855, Scholia graeca in Homeri Odysseam, Oxford: v-vi
Number of verses	13
Occurrence(s)	[22259] Πρὸς τὴν Καλυψὼ Ζεὺς Ὀδυσσέως χάριν [13th c.] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5674 [13th c.] (f. 1r) (13 verses) [20759] Πρὸς τὴν καλυψὼ ζεὺς ὀδυσσέως χάριν [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana Q 88 sup. [15th c.] (f. 8v) (13 verses) [24477] Πρὸς τὴν καλυψὼ ζεὺς ὀδυσσέως χάριν [1335-1336] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 7 [1335-1336] (f. 4r) (13 verses) [22453] Πρὸς τὴν καλυψὼ ζεὺς ὀδυσσέως χάριν [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. IX 34 [15th c.] (f. 3r) (13 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Renaat Meesters The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 648: "Odysseae argumentum metricum"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.