Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5795
(formerly typ/3816)

	Ἠελίοιο φανέντος, ἀπεκρύφθη σέλας ἄστρων
	καὶ σφετέρην ἀκτίνα θοῶς ἀνεσείρασε μήνη.
	Ἥδε γεωγραφίη δὲ νεώτατον ἄρτι φανεῖσα,
	πάσαις ταῖς προτέραις ζοφερὴν ἐπέθηκε καλύπτρην.

Text source	C. Nobbe, 1843, Claudii Ptolemaei Geographia (vol. 1), Hildesheim: XXI
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Geography
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary S. Kugeas 1909, Analekta Planudea, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 18, 106-146: 117
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[23189] Ἠελίοιο φανέντος, ἀπεκρύφθη σέλας ἄστρων [1376-1425] LONDON - British Library - Burney 111 [1376-1425] (f. 2v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 301: "Maximus Planudes, In Claudii Ptolemaei geographiam."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.