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Type 4527
(formerly typ/2619)

	Ἐνθάδε Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα, θεῖον Ὅμηρον,
	κλεινὸς ἐπ’ ἀγχιάλῳ τύμβος ἔχει σκοπέλῳ.
	Εἰ δ’ ὀλίγη γεγαυῖα τόσον χάδεν ἀνέρα νῆσος,
	μὴ τόδε θαμβήσῃς, ὦ ξένε, δερκόμενος·
	καὶ γὰρ ἀλητεύουσα κασιγνήτη ποτὲ Δῆλος
	μητρὸς ἀπ’ ὠδίνων δέξατο Λητοΐδην.

Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 16-17
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Paulos Silentarios (6th c.)
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Apollon Delos Homer (8th c. BC) Nine Muses
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Epitaph Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Translation of vv. 1-4: Here the skilled mouth of the Pierian Muses, divine Homer, has found a famous tomb on the rock by the sea. That so little an island can contain so great a man should not surprise you, oh stranger, as you look. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2019, Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext, in M. Kanellou, C. Carey, I. Petrovic (eds.), Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era, Oxford, 66-84: 68 Here the famous tomb on the rock by the sea holdeth divine Homer, the skilled mouth by which the Muses spoke. Wonder not, O stranger, as thou lookest, if so little an island can contain so great a man. For my sister Delos, while she wandered yet on the waves, received Apollo from his mother’s womb. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 5 Ci-gît le docte porte-parole des Piérides, le divin Homère, que, sur un roc proche de la mer, enferme un tombeau glorieux. Si, créée petite, une île a pu contenir un homme si grand, ne t'étonne point, étranger, à cette vue; on vit aussi jadis sa soeur errante, Délos, recueillir des douleurs maternelles le fils de Léto. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 57 Den erhabnen Homer, der Musen sinnigen Dolmetsch, birgt das gepriesene Grab hier an dem felsigen Strand. Fasst eine Insel wie diese, so klein, solch riesigen Menschen, wundre darüber dich nicht, Wanderer, wenn du es siehst. Nahm aus dem Schosse der Mutter doch einstens auch Delos, die die auf dem Meere geirrt, Letos gewantigen Sohn. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 17
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2019, Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext, in M. Kanellou, C. Carey, I. Petrovic (eds.), Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era, Oxford, 66-84: 68 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 4-5 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 57
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20940] Ἐνθάδε πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα θεῖον ὅμηρον [1462] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4629 (olim N.67) [1451-1500] (f. 21r) (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.4 Vassis ICB 2005, 229: "Paulus Silentiarius, In sepulcrum Homeri"
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