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Type 4459
(formerly typ/2561)

	Σοφὸς Σοφοκλῆς· εὐφυὴς δ᾽ Εὐριπίδης
	τὸν δ᾽ Αἰσχύλον τέθηπα καὶ τούτων πλέον.

Text source	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: 193
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aeschylus Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Sophocles (497 BC-405 BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Sophocles is wise and Euripides clever, but I marvel even more at Aeschylus than at both of them. Language English Source(s) 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: 193 Sophocles is wise, Euripides is a genius; but I admire Aeschylus even more than those two. Language English Source(s) C. Simelidis 2018, Aeshylus in Byzantium, in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, Leiden-Boston, 179-202: 188
Bibliography	Primary C. Simelidis 2018, Aeshylus in Byzantium, in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, Leiden-Boston, 179-202: 188 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: 195
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[31725] σοφὸς Σοφοκλῆς, εὐφυὴς δ’ Εὐρυπίδης [13th c.] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 4 [13th c.] (f. 3r) (2 verses) [26108] Σοφὸ(ς) σοφοκλ(ῆς) εὐφυ(ὴς) δ’ εὐρυπίδ(ης) [14th c.] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 6 [14th c.] (f. 21v) (1 verse) [20895] σοφὸ(ς) σοφοκλ(ῆς)· εὐφυ(ὴς) δ' \| εὐριπίδ(ης) [1276-1300] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana E 103 sup. [1276-1300] (f. 46v) (2 verses) [21666] Σοφὸς Σοφοκλῆς, εὐφυὴς δ᾽ Ευρυπίδης [14th c.] PRAGUE - Národní Knihovna České Republiky XXV C 26 [14th c.] (f. 104v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, 682: "In Aeschylum"
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