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Type 5359
(formerly typ/3397)

	Ὁ φθόνος ἐστὶ κάκιστος, ἔχει δέ τι καλὸν ἐν αὑτῷ·
	τήκει γὰρ φθονερῶν ὄμματα καὶ κραδίην.

Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 642-643
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader
Translation(s)	What an evil is Envy! but it has something good in it; for it wastes away the eyes and heart of the envious. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 10-12 (vol. 4), Cambridge: 163 L'envie est détestable; mais elle trouve en elle-même quelque vertu: elle ronge les yeux et le coeur des envieux. Language French Source(s) R. Aubreton, 1972, Anthologie Grecque. Tome X: Anthologie palatine, Livre XI (vol. 10), Paris: 141 Neid ist das häßlichste Übel, doch ist ihm das Schöne gegeben, daß er Auge und Herz seines Besitzers verzehrt. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 643
Bibliography	Primary R. Aubreton, 1972, Anthologie Grecque. Tome X: Anthologie palatine, Livre XI (vol. 10), Paris: 141 W. Paton, 1918, The Greek Anthology. Books 10-12 (vol. 4), Cambridge: 162-163
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[22202] NA [1463] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4635 (olim N.114) [1463] (f. 1r) (2 verses) [26421] Ὁ φθόνος ἐστὶ κάκιστ(ος), ἔχει δέ τι \| καλὸν ἐν αὑτω: [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 1194 [14th c.] (f. 128v) (2 verses)
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	Anthologia Graeca, XI.193 Vassis ICB 2005, 583: "De invidia"
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