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Type 6213
(formerly typ/4192)

Κλέψας τὸ πῦρ παρέσχε τοῖς θνητοῖς γέρα
καὶ κάμπτεται μάστιξι ταῖς Διὸς τάλας·
ψευδωνύμως ἔλαχε τὴν κλῆσιν μόνον·
προμηθίας δεῖται γὰρ ἡ προβουλία.
Title(s) Ἕτεροι παλαιοί
Text source C. Herington, 1972, The older scholia on the Prometheus Bound, Leiden: 241
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Reference to content of the book
Translation(s) Hij stal het vuur en gaf het aan de mens cadeau –
hij buigt nu voor de zweep van Zeus, de sukkelaar.
Zijn naam draagt hij, zo is gebleken, onterecht:
want proboulia had te weinig promêthia
(de voorbedachtheid miste wat bedachtzaamheid).
Language
Dutch
Source(s)
K. Demoen 2019, Ioannes Tzetzes en anoniem, Poëtische reacties op Aischylos’ Prometheus, in J. Papy (ed.), In Vestigiis Magistri. Verjaardagsboek ter ere van professor Andries Welkenhuysen, Leuven, 28-29: 29
Bibliography

Secondary

M. Tomadaki, Emilie M. van Opstall 2019, The Tragedians from a Byzantine Perspective: Book Epigrams on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 19, 193-220: 196
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [23994] κλέψας τὸ πῦρ παρέσχε τοῦ θνητοῦ γέρα [1326-1375]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 110 [1326-1375] (f. 23v)
(2 verses)
Related type(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.
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