Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20146
(formerly occ/3787)

	τριαντάριθμος οὐρανοδρόμος κλίμαξ,
	εἰς οὐρανοὺς φέρουσα τοὺς βροτοὺς βάσεις
	πίστις τὰ χρηστὰ τῶν καλῶν πάντων φέρει
	ἐλπὶς δὲ ποιεῖ καρτερεῖν ὲν τοῖς πόνοις
	ἡ δ' αὖ τελειοῖ προσφυῶς ἡ ἀγάπη·
	εἴληφε τέρμα τριακοντόπους κλίμαξ
	ἡ δὲ τριὰς σώζοις με τὸν κεκτημένον.

Type(s)	[4250] Τριαντάριθμος οὐρονοδρόμος κλίμαξ (7 verses)
Text source	S. Eustratiades, Spyridon Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 283
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1301-1325
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Λ 107 (Eustratiades 1598) [1301-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 261v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Comment	Moraux (1967: 27) mentions that the epigram counts seven lines but gives only the first verse and last two ones. The complete text is given by Eustratiades (1925: 283).
Bibliography	Primary P. Moraux, D. Harlfinger, D. Reinsch, J. Wiesner, 1976, Aristoteles Graecus. Die griechischen Manuskripte des Aristoteles. Alexandrien-London (vol. 1), Berlin-New York: 27 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 525
Number of verses	7
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