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Type 5442
(formerly typ/3493)

	Χρησάμενος, παῖ, τῷ λογικῷ δικτύῳ,
	ἐξ Ὀππιανοῦ τοῦ βυθοῦ τῶν χαρίτων
	ἄγραν λόγων πάγκαλον ἀνείλκυσά σοι.
	Ἐγὼ γάρ, ἵνα μὴ πάθῃς ἀηδίαν,
	λαμπρὰν κατεσκεύασα τὴν πανδαισίαν·
	ἐκ νουθετημάτων γὰρ ὡς ἀρτυμάτων
	ἄνωθεν αὐτὴν κατὰ πάντων σοὶ φέρω.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/ Oppian of Korykos < Cilicia < Asia Minor < Turkey (2nd c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Introduction to the subject
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined U. Bussemaker 1878, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum, in F. Dübner (ed.), Scholia in Theocritum, Paris, 173-449: 260 A. Colonna 1963, Il commento di Giovanni Tzetzes agli «Halieutica» di Oppiano, in Lanx satura Nicolao Terzaghi oblata, Genova, 101-104:
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[23527] Χρησάμενος παῖ τῶ λογικῶ δικτύω [15th c.] DRESDEN - Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Da. 27 [15th c.] (f. 2v) (7 verses) [20964] Χρησάμ(εν)ος παῖ τῷ λογικῷ δικτύῳ [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 48 sup. [1401-1450] (f. 2v) (7 verses) [29385] χρησάμενος παῖ τῶ λογικῶ δικτύω [1300-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 922 [1301-1325] (f. 1v) (7 verses) [29378] χρησάμενος παῖ τῷ λογικῷ δικτύῳ [1300-1350] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 924 [1300-1350] (f. 5v) (7 verses) [26549] ρησάμενος παῖ τῶ λογισμοῦ δικτύω [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1345 [1276-1325] (f. 1r) (7 verses) [22414] Χρησάμενος, παῖ, τῷ λογικῷ δικτύῳ, [11th-15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 241 [11th-15th c.] (f. 1r) (? verses) [22377] Χρησάμενος, παῖ, τῷ λογικῷ δικτύῳ, [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 255 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (7 verses) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 861: "Ioann. Tzetzes, In Oppianum"
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