Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 16957
(formerly occ/67)

Πόνοις μελισσῶν ἐγγλυκαίνεται λάρυγξ,
πόνοις δὲ τοι σοῖς καρδία πιαίνεται,
καὶ νοῦς νοητῇ λάμπεται φωταυγίᾳ,
Ἰωάννη, τὸ θαῦμα τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
ἴαμα πικρῶν δηγμάτων ἁμαρτίας,
παρηγόρημα τῶν κατωδυνωμένων,
ψυχῆς ἄφραστος ἡδονὴ, πόθου βία,
καὶ ταῦτα πιστοῖ ὁ σὸς λάτρης Ἡλίας
ὁ προσκεχηνὼς σοῦ πλέον χρυσοῖς λόγοις
ἢ πρὸς τροφὴν τὰ τέκνα τῶν χελιδόνων.
Type(s) [2999] Πόνοις μελισσῶν ἐγγλυκαίνεται λάρυγξ (10 verses)
Text source F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 181
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript ATHOS - Mone Esphigmenou 12 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 3v
Person(s)
Scribe
Elias (11th c.) - VGH: 128.F
Palaeographical information The epigram is written in majuscule script.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John Chrysostom (saint)
Comment V. 2 τοι sic, perhaps a typo in Euangelatou-Notara for τοῖς? Manuscript has not been consulted.
Bibliography

Primary

S. Lampros, 1895, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Cambridge: 171
Number of verses 10
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri

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