Gli scolî ai Persiani di Eschilo nel ms. Ath. Iber. 209 (olim 161)

I (Ath. Iber. 209) is a complex manuscript, containing different authors (Euripides, Aeschylus, Dionysius Periegetas, Theocritus, Tzetzes and Pindar), each written by (one or more) different scribes. The scholia to the Persae preserved by this ms. are written by several hands (I1-5, Ib). Among these, the earlier ones are I1 and Ib: the first one had at his disposal a ms. with scholia vetera of Medicean type and can be assigned to the first half of the 13th century, while the second one uses an antigraphon with Φ scholia and can be dated around the mid 13th century. The other hands integrated their work adding some further annotations, what places it in a learned environment. Some hypothesis are proposed on the composition and history of the manuscript, with a particular focus on its employment within the Bessarion’s circle.