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Type 7083
(formerly typ/4988)

	Ἐννέα τὰς Μούσας φασίν τινες· ὡς ὀλιγώρως·
	ἠνίδε καὶ Σαπφὼ Λεσβόθεν ἡ δεκάτη.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὰς Μούσας In Musas et Sappho
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 312-313
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Nine Muses Sappho of Lesbos < Greece (6th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Some say the Muses are nine: how careless! Look, there’s Sappho too, from Lesbos, the tenth. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2019, Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext, in M. Kanellou, C. Carey, I. Petrovic (eds.), Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era, Oxford, 66-84: 66 Some say the Muses are nine, but how carelessly! Look at the tenth, Sappho from Lesbos. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 312 Il y a neuf Muses, disent certains. Quelle inadvertance! Voice encore Sappho de Lesbos, la dixième. Language French Source(s) J. Irigoin, P. Laurens, G. Soury, P. Waltz, 1974, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VIII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 359-827 (vol. 8), Paris: 68 Manche erzählen uns wohl, es gebe neun Musen. Wie töricht! Hat denn Lesbos uns nicht Sappho als zehnte gebracht? Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 313
Comment	In the Anthologia Graeca, this epigram is attributed to Plato.
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2019, Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext, in M. Kanellou, C. Carey, I. Petrovic (eds.), Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era, Oxford, 66-84: 66 J. Irigoin, P. Laurens, G. Soury, P. Waltz, 1974, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VIII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 359-827 (vol. 8), Paris: 68 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 280-281
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[26442] ἐννέα τὰς μοῦσας φασί τινες, ὡς ὀλιγώρως [1446-1455] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 215 [1446-1455] (f. 1v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, IX.506
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