Epigram 7.4

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 208

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ἐνθάδε Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα, θεῖον Ὅμηρον,
κλεινὸς ἐπ᾽ ἀγχιάλῳ τύμβος ἔχει σκοπέλῳ.
εἰ δ᾽ ὀλίγη γεγαυῖα τόσον χάδεν ἀνέρα νῆσος,
μὴ τόδε θαμβήσῃς, ὦ ξένε, δερκόμενος:

καὶ γὰρ ἀλητεύουσα κασιγνήτη ποτὲ Δῆλος
μητρὸς ἀπ᾽ ὠδίνων δέξατο Λητοΐδην.

— Paton edition

Os sapiens quo Musa loqui gaudebat, Homerum
Condit in hoc scopulo clarus ubique lapis.
Qui tumulum spectas, mirari parce, viator,
Quod cineres tantos insula parva tegit.
Sic soror illius tunc errans aequore Delos
Suscepit partus matris, Apollo, tuae.

— Anthologia Graeca cum versione Latina Hugonis Grotii

Scholium

Scholium 7.4.1

Comment

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  1. (Ἐνθάδε) Cfr. 3, 1 e 7, 1: la movenza iniziale riproduce l'andamento dell'iscrizione funebre.
  2. (Πιερίδων ... στόμα) Analogo nesso in II, 342 (Cristodoro).
  3. (θεῖον Ὅμηρον) Per la clausola, cfr. 3, 2; 159, 3 (Nicarco).
  4. (ὀλίγη ... τόσον) «Nell'antitesi fra la grandezza del poeta e la piccolezza dell'isola è sottintesa l'altra più importante, fra la morte fisica e l'immortalità dell'opera» (G. Viansino (a c. di), "Paolo Silenziario, Epigrammi. Testo, traduzione e commento", Torino, 1963, p. 3). (Conca-Marzi-Zanetto 2005)

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ἐνθάδε Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα , θεῖον Ὅμηρον ,
κλεινὸς ἐπ ἀγχιάλῳ τύμβος ἔχει σκοπέλῳ .
εἰ δ ὀλίγη γεγαυῖα τόσον χάδεν ἀνέρα νῆσος ,
μὴ τόδε θαμβήσῃς , ξένε , δερκόμενος :

καὶ γὰρ ἀλητεύουσα κασιγνήτη ποτὲ Δῆλος
μητρὸς ἀπ ὠδίνων δέξατο Λητοΐδην .

Here the famous tomb on the rock by the sea
holds divine Homer , the skilled mouth by which
the Muses spoke . Wonder not , O stranger , as you
look , if so little an island can contain so great a
man . For my sister Delos , while she wandered yet
on the waves , received Apollo from his mother ' s womb .

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