Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19134
(formerly occ/2597)

	⁘ σίμωνος ἀρχιεπισκόπου θηβῶν:~

	Ὅπλοις κραταιοῖς ἑλκύσας ζυγῶ στίφη,
	ἀν ἐνδότους φεῦ \| αὐχένας κάμψας κράτει,
	κατακλύσας δὲ \| δωτίναις εἶδος ἅπαν,
	ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, καὶ \| τόπων, καὶ ταγμάτων,
	νῦν εὖ νικῶν εἴργασται, ὢ \| σκιᾶς λάτρη·
	προφητελάτοις χαλινοῖς γνάθους \| στρέφων,
	εὖ τοῦ παθόν\|τος τῶ νικηθῆναι \| λόγω·
	ἄλλοις χρόνοις \| ἤκουσε, πολλὰ πολλά σοι· \|
	τελοῖεν εὐχαῖς ἀλαλα\|ζόντων ἔτη·
	θρυλλοῖτο \| νῦν δὲ τοῖς ἀπείροις \| τῶν χρόνων,
	ὁ στρατι\|ώτης, ὁ στρατηγὸς \| ὁ βρέμωνμ \|
	καντακουζηνὸς \| ὡς ἄναξ \| ἰωάννης, \|
	σεπτοῖς τε \| συζῶν ἁγίοις \| ἰωάσαφ,
	τάξει πάση γὰρ, ἐξέλαμψεν, \| ἐλλόγως +

Type(s)	[3293] Ὅπλοις κραταιοῖς ἑλκύσας ζυγῷ στίφη (14 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Σ.III.4 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 306r
Palaeographical information	The title and initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioannes VI Kantakouzenos (1292-1383) - PLP: V.10973
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15915#?xywh=-228%2C2882%2C3177%2C1386&cv=625
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 95 A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 348
Number of verses	14
Related occurrence(s)	[20306] Ὅπλοις κραταιοῖς ἑλκύσας ζυγῷ στίφη [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 346 [15th c.] (f. 323v) (14 verses) (14/14) [22128] Ὅπλοις κραταιοῖς ἑλκύσας ζυγῶ στῖφη [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 151 (coll. 393) [14th c.] (f. 208r) (14 verses) (11/14)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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