Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6372
(formerly typ/4333)

	Τὸ πατρικὸν φίλτρον σε πρὸς φονουργίαν
	τῆς σῆς ἀναιδοῦς μητρός, Ἠλέκτρα, φέρει.

Text source	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: 208
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Electra
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Paternal love leads you, Electra, to the murder of your shameless mother. Language English Source(s) 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: 208 Translation by Maria Tomadaki: Η πατρική αγάπη σε οδηγεί, Ηλέκτρα, στον φόνο της ξεδιάντροπης μητέρας σου. Language Greek
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[24466] Τὸ πατρικὸν φίλτρον σε πρὸς φονουργίαν [1491-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 139 [1491-1500] (f. 157v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.