Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4661
(formerly typ/2735)

	Τὴν γῆν τε πᾶσαν, ὠκεάνειον ῥόον,
	ἔθνη, ποταμοὺς καὶ πόλεις πάντα φράσας
	σοφὸς Διονύσιος, ἡδὺς τοῖς λόγοις,
	ἐνταῦθα τερμάτωσιν ἐμπεριγράφει.

Text source	C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 129
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Dionysius Periegetes (2nd c.) Geography
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Division of the book Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Stornajolo (1895: 129) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 1071
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21223] Τὴν γὴν τὴν πᾶσαν (...) [14th-15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 527 inf. [1351-1450] (f. 117r) (4 verses) [22967] Τὴν γῆν τε πᾶσαν ὠκεάνειον ῥόον [1476-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 83 [1476-1500] (f. 18v) (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	Vassis ICB 2005, 730: "In Dionysium Periegetam"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4661

Last modified: 2026-01-19.