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Type 4733
(formerly typ/2806)

	Τρωθεὶς ἔρωτος ὀξέσι ψυχοφθόροις
	τόξοις κατάκρως Ὑσμινίας καρδίαν,
	ἄτακτον ὁρμὴν τῶν παθῶν πείθει νέους
	φεύγειν κραταιῶς, ὡς κακῶν παραιτίαν.
	Ἔρως ὅσαπερ προξενεῖ βλέπων πάθη,
	φεύγειν τὰ τοῦδε κέντρα βουλήθητί μοι.

Text source	M. Marcovich, 2001, Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI, München-Leipzig: XXIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Hysmine and Hysminias
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Wounded by Eros’ sharp soul-destroying bows to the depth of his heart, Hysminias urges young people to flee the unruly onrush of passion with vigour for it is the cause of harm. Whatever passion Eros induces with his gaze, may I escape his goad. Language English Source(s) E. Jeffreys, 2012, Four Byzantine Novels, Liverpool: 177 Vulneratus amoris telo acuto Alte cor Hysminias. Inordinatum passionum impetum Iuvenibus persuadet, ut malorum causam fugiunt. Quascunque amor praebet videns passiones, Ipsius aculeos fugias velim. Language Latin Source(s) I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 251
Comment	This epigram was also written in the now lost, 16th-century manuscript Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria C. VI. 13 (Pasini 239).
Bibliography	Primary I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 251
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21296] Τρωθεὶς ἔρωτι ὀξέσι ψυχοφθοροις [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 405 [15th c.] (f. 1v) (6 verses) [32530] Τρωθεὶς ἔρωτος ὀξέσι ψυχοφθόροις [1501-1510] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III AA 3 [1501-1510] (f. 1r) (6 verses) [32527] Τρωθεὶς ἔρωτ(ος) ὀξέσι ψυχοφθόροις [16th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2914 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (6 verses) [32519] τρωθεὶς ἔρωτος \| ὀξέσι ψυχοφθόροις [1364] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2915 [1364] (f. 1v) (6 verses)
Related type(s)	[3818] Ἔρωτι βληθεὶς Ὑσμινίας καρδίαν (3 verses) (Same cycle) [4735] Ὁ μὲν Σολομῶν ᾀσματοψαλμογράφος (16 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, 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, 807: "In fabulam Eustathii Macrembolitae de Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus"
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