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Type 4497
(formerly typ/2599)

	Οὗτος ὁ Λειάνδροιο διάπλοος, οὗτος ὁ πόντου
	πορθμὸς ὁ μὴ μούνῳ τῷ φιλέοντι βαρύς·
	ταῦθ' Ἡροῦς τὰ πάροιθεν ἐπαύλια, τοῦτο τὸ πύργου
	λείψανον· ὁ προδότης ὧδ' ἐπέκειτο λύχνος.
	κοινὸς δ' ἀμφοτέρους ὅδ' ἔχει τάφος, εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν
	κείνῳ τῷ φθονερῷ μεμφομένους ἀνέμῳ.

Title(s)	In Leandrum et Heronem
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 390-391
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antipatros of Thessaloniki < Makedonia < Greece
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Hero and Leander
Tag(s)	Death Epitaph Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	This is the place where Leander crossed, these are the straits, unkind not only to one lover. This is where Hero once dwelt, here are the ruins of the tower, the treacherous lamp rested here. In this tomb they both repose, still reproaching that envious wind. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 335 Voico le passage de Léandre, voici le détroit de la mer qui ne fut point funeste au seul amant; voici ce qui d'Hêro fut autrefois la petite résidence, voici les restes de la tour: la lampe traîtresse y était ainsi posée. Commun à tous les deux, ce tombeau les renferme encore maintenant: ils accusent toujours ce vent jaloux. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1941, Anthologie Grecque. Tome V: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 364-748 (vol. 5), Paris: 137 Hier schwamm Leandros hindurch, und hier ist die Enge des Meeres, die dem Verliebten den Tod brachte, und ihm nicht allein. Hier ist das Haüschen der Hero, hier liegen die Trümmer des Turmes, drin die Lampe vordem, eine Verräterin, stand. Beide bedeckt nun gemeinsam dies Grab, doch zürnen sie heut noch ihm, der ihnen das Glück einstens missgönnte, dem Sturm. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 391
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 354-355 P. Waltz, 1941, Anthologie Grecque. Tome V: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 364-748 (vol. 5), Paris: 137
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20976] Οὗτος ὁ λειάνδροιο διάπλοος. οὗτος ὁ πόντου [1476-1500] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4562 (olim N.24) [1464] (f. 2r) (6 verses)
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	Anthologia Graeca, VII.666
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