Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5403
(formerly typ/3433)

	Μαθὼν παρ᾽ Ἡρακλέους Διόνυσος τὴν ὁδὸν
	πρὸς τοὺς κατοιχομένους πορεύεται, λαβὼν
	τὸ δέρμα καὶ τὸ σκύταλον, ἀναγαγεῖν θέλων
	Εὐριπίδην· λίμνην τε διέβαινεν κάτω
	καὶ τῶν βατράχων ἀνέκραγεν εὔφημος χορός.
	ἔπειτα μυστῶν ἐκδοχή. Πλούτων δ’ ἰδὼν
	ὡς Ἡρακλεῖ προσέκρουσε διὰ τὸν Κέρβερον.
	ὡς δ’ ἀνεφάνη, τίθεται τραγῳδίας ἀγών,
	καὶ δὴ στεφανοῦταί γ’ Αἰσχύλος. τοῦτον δ’ ἄγει
	Διόνυσος εἰς φῶς, οὐχὶ μὰ Δί’ Εὐριπίδην.

Title(s)	Ἀριστοφάνους γραμματικοῦ
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Aristophanes of Byzantium
Metre(s)	Iambic trimeter
Subject(s)	Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC)
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Comment	Hypothesis of Aristophanes' Frogs.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined N. Wilson, 2007, Aristophanis fabulae (vol. 2), Oxford: 129-130
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[23329] Μαθῶν παρ' Ἡρακλέους (...) [15th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Φ.III.6 [15th c.] (f. 83r) (10 verses) [23708] Μαθὼν παρ' ἡρακλέους (...) [15th c.] FERRARA - Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea - Cl. II. 247 [15th c.] (f. 227r) (10 verses) [22278] μαθ(ὼν) παρ᾽ ἡρακλέους διόνυσος τὴν ὁδὸν [12th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 474 (coll. 842) [12th c.] (f. 43v) (10 verses) [22286] Μαθὼν παρ᾽ ἡρακλέους διόνυσος τὴν ἐς ἄδου ὁδὸν [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 475 (coll. 825) [15th c.] (f. 43r) (10 verses)
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