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Type 4536
(formerly typ/2625)

	Χαῖρε μελαμπετάλοις, Εὐριπίδη, ἐν γυάλοισι
	Πιερίας τὸν ἀεὶ νυκτὸς ἔχων θάλαμον·
	ἴσθι δ’ ὑπὸ χθονὸς ὤν, ὅτι σοι κλέος ἄφθιτον ἔσται
	ἶσον Ὁμηρείαις ἀενάοις χάρισιν.

Title(s)	Ἴωνος εἰς Εὐριπίδην Ion, in Euripidem
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 38-39
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Ion
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC) Homer (8th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Death Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Hail, Euripides, dwelling in the chamber of eternal night in the dark-robed valleys of Pieria! Know, though thou art under earth, that thy renown shall be everlasting, equal to the perennial charm of Homer. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 29 Sois salué, Euripide, aux creux vêtus de noir de la Piérie où est ton lit pour la nuit éternelle! Mais sache bien, étant sous terre, que tu posséderas une gloire impérissable égale à la faveur toujours jaillissante d'Homère. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 76 Heil, Euripides, dir in Piëriens dunkelbelaubtem Waldtal, wo du er Nacht ewige Kammer bewohnst. Unter der Erde noch wisse: Nie schwindet dein ruhmvoller Name, so wie niemals Homers ewige Schönheit vergeht. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. VII-VIII (vol. 2), München: 39
Bibliography	Primary W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Books 7-8 (vol. 2), Cambridge: 28-29 P. Waltz, 1938, Anthologie Grecque. Tome IV: Anthologie palatine, Livre VII, Épigrammes 1-363 (vol. 4), Paris: 76
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22115] χαῖρε μελαμπέπλας εὑριπ(ί)δ(η) ἐν σιάλοισι [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 33 [14th c.] (f. 92v) (2 verses) [31736] NA [1475-1500] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 61 [15th c.] (f. 2v-3r) (? verses) [21020] Χαῖρε μελαμπέπλοις εὐριπίδη ἐν γυάλοισι [1475] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4677 (olim N.47) [1326-1475] (f. 20v) (4 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.43
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