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Type 6966
(formerly typ/4874)

	Ζῷον τι πεζόν, ἀλλὰ νηκτὸν, εὑρέθη
	ἔμψυχον. ἀλλ' ἄψυχον, ἔμπνουν, ἀλλ' ἄπνουν,
	ἕπρον, βαδίζον, καὶ πτεροῖς κεκρημένον.
	Ἄκουε, καὶ θαύμαζε, καὶ δίδου λύσιν.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Person(s)	Poet John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Riddle
Translation(s)	Animal quoddam pedestre, sed natatile, inventum est animam-habens, sed sine anima, in-quo-spiritus, sed sine-spiritu, repens, incedens at alis usum. Audi, et mirare, et da solutionem. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 571
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined J. Boissonade, 1831, Anekdota. Anecdota Graeca e codicibus regiis (vol. 3), Paris: 35 E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 571 P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: 35 G. Papacharalampous 1964, Αἰνίγματα, Κυπριακαί Σπουδαί, 28, 185-193: 188 L. Westerink, 1992, Michaelis Pselli poemata, Stuttgart: 301-302
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26069] ζῶον τι πεζόν, ἀλλὰ νηκτὸν, εὑρέθη [1401-1425] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 105 sup. [1401-1425] (f. 36r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola, Nina Sietis The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca Appendix, III.VII.41 Vassis ICB 2005, 289: "Ioann. Mauropus, Aenigma in navigium tamquam ex alio"
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