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that some copy of Lysippos' runner, mounted on a ball, had been amplified by
the addition of a second figure portraying the man who has allowed his oppor-
tunity to pass by and now pursues it in vain.
Among the wiseacres denounced by Tzetzes must be reckoned his contem-
porary Theodoras Prodromos (first half of s. xii A.D.), who in an extant epigram1
describes Bios as a naked man, with wheels beneath his feet and wings about
his shins, bearing a balance in his hand, and easily escaping from his pursuer,
though holding out hopes of return. The poem is well illustrated by a frag-
mentary relief (fig Rn?)2 let into the pavement under the steps of the ambo in
brroiav @xel rVv <pvyrfv b XP^V0^ erroirfae tovtov Kiaepbv, brrio~ro(pd\aKpov (leg. brrio~6o(pd\aKpov),
Trrepbrroba, Kai errdvw rod rpoxov j3e^rjKora, pAxaipav bibbvra Karwdev io~rap.evio rivi' Kwcpbv
fiev, <l>s Trpbs rovs avrbv tfiwvovvras, firjbafiQs aiadavbfievov <pa\a.Kpbv be ra oiriffdev, ws
dbvvarov ovtos birLcrdev biwKovra riva Kparrjaai avrbv rrus be ris avrbv rrapabpafibvra (pddaai
laX^ff€Le irrepbiroba ovra Kal irri o~(fiaipas iardfievov; bibbvra be £i'c/>os, bibri 01 firjre bvva.fJ.evoi
rrjs Kbfirjs Kparrjaai firjre (pddcrai (pevyovra rirpibffnovrai rip j3e\ei rrjs XvrrrjS cos rrjs ^rffi'ias
erraiadavbfievoi. Id. f3acri\iKbs avbpids to (ii. 667 Mai) Avcriiriros 69ev 6 "Eikviovios, 6 ri rrore
eariv b xpo^os /caXcos avfi(3o\oypa(pwv, Kwcpbv avrbv r)ya\fidrooaev, 0Tricrdo(pd\aKpov, rrrepbrrobd
re Karri o~<paipas f3ej3r)Kbra, fidxaipdv rivi rrpbs rb Karbiriv bpeyovra, brfKwv evrevdev ibs ovk
dv erncrr pa<peir] KaXovfievos, bibri KeKibtpevKev' ovre ris avrbv 4k rod brriau) rrapaKardo~xoi
bebpayfievos rrjs KOfirjs, rb yap bmaBoKpavov Kare\piKwro' rrQs b~e Kai 6'Xcos rrapabpafibvra ris
Kara\r)\pairo, r-qv bi-vKivrjaiav rocravrrfv (pipovra Kan ruv rrobCov k&k rrjs j3dffeics; pofupaiav
(ins. dv) <rrrdo~airo Xvrrrjs oiare dvfibv dfivacreiv 6 rrjs ^rjfiias aicrdbfievos.
1 Theod. Prodr. eis eiKovicrfievov rbv (3iov (cxxxiii. 1419A—1420 A Migne)
efie rbv Wiov, avdpuwe, be^ai o~ov rrapawerrfv.
eri'xes, evpes, e\a(3es, Kare'o'xes fiov rds rp'ixas;
fir] irpbs paffTibvrjv eKOodrjs, fir) Trpbs rpvcprjv xwpV°~"QSi
firfbe (ppovrjarfs v\prj\a Kai rrepa rod fierpLov.
yv/ivbv fie /3\erreis' vbr]o~ov yv/ivbv fiov Kai rb rekos.
vrro tovs rrbbas fiov rpoxoi' cppirre fir) kv\io-6wo~l.
rrepi rds Kvrjfias fiov rrrepd' (pevyw, TrapLirrapia'i ere.
£vyd Karex^> TV XeLP1' <po/3o0 rds fieraKKicreis.
ri fie k par els; UKidv Kparels' rrvorjv Kparels dvefiov.
tL fie Kparels; Karrvbv Kparels, bveipov, ixvos irXoiov.
ifie rbv Blew, dvOpcoire, be^ai aov rrapaiverrfv.
ovk ervxes, ovk §\a/3es, ovk iaxes fM0V Tas Tp'lXas>
fir) o-Kvdpbirrdo-rjs rod Xoirrov, firfbe bvae\Triarr)arjs.
yvfivbs elfii, Kai rQv xeLP&v e^oXiffdrjaas rovrwv
io~ios fierappvrfcrofiai rrpbs ere Kai fierarreau.
vrrb rovs rrbbas fiov rpoxoi' rdxa crot KvXiadwai.
rrepi rds Kvrjfias fiov rrrepd' rplxw^ rrpoa'nrrapa'i o~oi.
£vya Karexw rdxa crot rrjv TrXdariyya xaXdcrw.
fir) roivvv drrorrpocrrroiov rds dyadas eXrribas.
There is a line lost from the second of the two stanzas, which were clearly meant to
correspond.
2 O. Jahn in the Ber. sachs. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. Phil.-hist. Classe 1853 pp. 49—59
pi. 4, E. Curtius 'Die Darstellungen des Kairos' in the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxiii. 6 f. pi. 1,
1, Friederichs—Wolters Gipsabgiisse p. 752 no. 1899, A. Baumeister in his Denkm. ii.
772 fig. 824, B. Sauer in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 900 fig., F. Durrbach in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. 787 f. fig. 4252, A. Munoz in DArte 1904 vii. 132 ff. fig. 4, O. M.
Dalton Byzantine Art and Archaeology Oxford 1911 p. 158 f. fig. 9r, Reinach Re"p. Reliefs
iii. 422 no. 3.
A further fragment of the relief, found by the architect R. Cattaneo in a mason's shop at
Venice, was published by him in the drawing here reproduced (R. Cattaneo L'architettura
c 11. 55
the addition of a second figure portraying the man who has allowed his oppor-
tunity to pass by and now pursues it in vain.
Among the wiseacres denounced by Tzetzes must be reckoned his contem-
porary Theodoras Prodromos (first half of s. xii A.D.), who in an extant epigram1
describes Bios as a naked man, with wheels beneath his feet and wings about
his shins, bearing a balance in his hand, and easily escaping from his pursuer,
though holding out hopes of return. The poem is well illustrated by a frag-
mentary relief (fig Rn?)2 let into the pavement under the steps of the ambo in
brroiav @xel rVv <pvyrfv b XP^V0^ erroirfae tovtov Kiaepbv, brrio~ro(pd\aKpov (leg. brrio~6o(pd\aKpov),
Trrepbrroba, Kai errdvw rod rpoxov j3e^rjKora, pAxaipav bibbvra Karwdev io~rap.evio rivi' Kwcpbv
fiev, <l>s Trpbs rovs avrbv tfiwvovvras, firjbafiQs aiadavbfievov <pa\a.Kpbv be ra oiriffdev, ws
dbvvarov ovtos birLcrdev biwKovra riva Kparrjaai avrbv rrus be ris avrbv rrapabpafibvra (pddaai
laX^ff€Le irrepbiroba ovra Kal irri o~(fiaipas iardfievov; bibbvra be £i'c/>os, bibri 01 firjre bvva.fJ.evoi
rrjs Kbfirjs Kparrjaai firjre (pddcrai (pevyovra rirpibffnovrai rip j3e\ei rrjs XvrrrjS cos rrjs ^rffi'ias
erraiadavbfievoi. Id. f3acri\iKbs avbpids to (ii. 667 Mai) Avcriiriros 69ev 6 "Eikviovios, 6 ri rrore
eariv b xpo^os /caXcos avfi(3o\oypa(pwv, Kwcpbv avrbv r)ya\fidrooaev, 0Tricrdo(pd\aKpov, rrrepbrrobd
re Karri o~<paipas f3ej3r)Kbra, fidxaipdv rivi rrpbs rb Karbiriv bpeyovra, brfKwv evrevdev ibs ovk
dv erncrr pa<peir] KaXovfievos, bibri KeKibtpevKev' ovre ris avrbv 4k rod brriau) rrapaKardo~xoi
bebpayfievos rrjs KOfirjs, rb yap bmaBoKpavov Kare\piKwro' rrQs b~e Kai 6'Xcos rrapabpafibvra ris
Kara\r)\pairo, r-qv bi-vKivrjaiav rocravrrfv (pipovra Kan ruv rrobCov k&k rrjs j3dffeics; pofupaiav
(ins. dv) <rrrdo~airo Xvrrrjs oiare dvfibv dfivacreiv 6 rrjs ^rjfiias aicrdbfievos.
1 Theod. Prodr. eis eiKovicrfievov rbv (3iov (cxxxiii. 1419A—1420 A Migne)
efie rbv Wiov, avdpuwe, be^ai o~ov rrapawerrfv.
eri'xes, evpes, e\a(3es, Kare'o'xes fiov rds rp'ixas;
fir] irpbs paffTibvrjv eKOodrjs, fir) Trpbs rpvcprjv xwpV°~"QSi
firfbe (ppovrjarfs v\prj\a Kai rrepa rod fierpLov.
yv/ivbv fie /3\erreis' vbr]o~ov yv/ivbv fiov Kai rb rekos.
vrro tovs rrbbas fiov rpoxoi' cppirre fir) kv\io-6wo~l.
rrepi rds Kvrjfias fiov rrrepd' (pevyw, TrapLirrapia'i ere.
£vyd Karex^> TV XeLP1' <po/3o0 rds fieraKKicreis.
ri fie k par els; UKidv Kparels' rrvorjv Kparels dvefiov.
tL fie Kparels; Karrvbv Kparels, bveipov, ixvos irXoiov.
ifie rbv Blew, dvOpcoire, be^ai aov rrapaiverrfv.
ovk ervxes, ovk §\a/3es, ovk iaxes fM0V Tas Tp'lXas>
fir) o-Kvdpbirrdo-rjs rod Xoirrov, firfbe bvae\Triarr)arjs.
yvfivbs elfii, Kai rQv xeLP&v e^oXiffdrjaas rovrwv
io~ios fierappvrfcrofiai rrpbs ere Kai fierarreau.
vrrb rovs rrbbas fiov rpoxoi' rdxa crot KvXiadwai.
rrepi rds Kvrjfias fiov rrrepd' rplxw^ rrpoa'nrrapa'i o~oi.
£vya Karexw rdxa crot rrjv TrXdariyya xaXdcrw.
fir) roivvv drrorrpocrrroiov rds dyadas eXrribas.
There is a line lost from the second of the two stanzas, which were clearly meant to
correspond.
2 O. Jahn in the Ber. sachs. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. Phil.-hist. Classe 1853 pp. 49—59
pi. 4, E. Curtius 'Die Darstellungen des Kairos' in the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxiii. 6 f. pi. 1,
1, Friederichs—Wolters Gipsabgiisse p. 752 no. 1899, A. Baumeister in his Denkm. ii.
772 fig. 824, B. Sauer in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 900 fig., F. Durrbach in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. 787 f. fig. 4252, A. Munoz in DArte 1904 vii. 132 ff. fig. 4, O. M.
Dalton Byzantine Art and Archaeology Oxford 1911 p. 158 f. fig. 9r, Reinach Re"p. Reliefs
iii. 422 no. 3.
A further fragment of the relief, found by the architect R. Cattaneo in a mason's shop at
Venice, was published by him in the drawing here reproduced (R. Cattaneo L'architettura
c 11. 55