Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18745
(formerly occ/2132)

	Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι
	τῆς τοῦ θανάτου πικρίας οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ
	ἀλλ᾽ ὀψὲ νήψας καὶ νοήσας τὴν πλάνην
	ἄνθρωπε φύγε τὸν ψυχόλεθρον βίον·
	γῆν γὰρ ἅπασαν καὶ θάλασσαν ἂν δράμῃς
	καὶ πάντα τῆς γῆς ἂν κερδήσεις τόν πλοῦτον
	τάφος σὲ καλύψει κἂν θέλῃς κἂν μὴ θέλῃς

Type(s)	[3023] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι (7 verses)
Text source	S. Eustratiades, E. Kourilas, 1930, Κατάλογος τῶν κωδίκων τῆς ἱερᾶς σκήτης Καυσοκαλυβίων καὶ τῶν καλυβῶν αὐτῆς, Paris: 20
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1318
Manuscript	ATHOS - Skete Kausokalubion 10 [1318]
Place in Manuscript	f. 27v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary Patapios Kausokalyvitis 2001, Παλαιογραφικὰ ἀπὸ τὴ Σκήτη Καυσοκαλυβίων, Πρωτάτον, 84, 118-125: 120
Number of verses	7
Related occurrence(s)	[25066] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι [1476-1500] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 24 [1476-1500] (f. 1r) (7 verses) (5/7) [20597] Ὁ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν μέλι βίου [1491] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 134 [1491] (f. 210r-210v) (17 verses) (5/7) [21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ [1492] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r) (6 verses) (1/7)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Dimitrios Skrekas, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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