Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7038
(formerly typ/4944)

	Ἄνθρωπε σίγα, μὴ μάτην λαβροστόμει·
	Θηβῶν μέν ἐστιν Ὀρχομενὸς ἡ πόλις,
	ἐγκωμίου τρόπῳ δὲ Θηβαῖον γράφει.

Title(s)	Τζέτζου
Text source	A. Drachmann, 1927, Scholia vetera in Pindari carmina . Scholia in Nemeonicas et Isthmionicas. Epimetrum. Indices. (vol. 3), Leipzig: 205
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Pindar (518 BC-438 BC)
Tag(s)	Polemic Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	O uomo taci, non parlare con vana arroganza. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto 1998, Leggere i classici nella biblioteca imperiale: note tzetziane su antichi codici, Quaderni di Storia, 48, 69-86: 85
Bibliography	Secondary M. Luzzatto 1998, Leggere i classici nella biblioteca imperiale: note tzetziane su antichi codici, Quaderni di Storia, 48, 69-86: 84-86 M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 162
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[26241] ἄν(θρωπ)ε σίγα μὴ μάτην \| λαβροστόμει [12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1312 [12th c.] (f. 258v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola 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	Vassis ICB 2005, 55: "Ioann. Tzetzes, Scholium in Pindari Isthm. 1.51"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.