Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20597
(formerly occ/4273)

Ὁ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν μέλι βίου,
τ(ῆς) τοῦ θανάτου πικρί(ας) οὐ(καὶ)σθάνει·
ἀλλ᾽ ὁψὲ νήψας (καὶ) νοήσας τ(ὴν) πλάνην,
ἄν(θρωπ)ε φύγε τ(ὸν) ψυχόλεθρον βίον.
Τ(ὴν) γὰρ ἅπασαν (καὶ) θάλασσαν ἄν δράμης.
(καὶ) πάντ(α) τῆς γῆς ἄν κερδήσης τ(ὸν) πλουτον,
τάφος καλύψει κἄν θέλεις, κἄν μὴ θέλ(ης). ||
ἄν(θρωπ)ε τὴν κλίνην σου ὡς τάφον βλέπε·
[7 vers très effacés]
(καὶ) πάντ(α) τῆς γῆς ἄν κερδήσης τ(ὸν) πλούτον
τάφος <καλύψει> κἄν θέλεις, κἂν μὴ θέλεις.
This is a partially unknown text. The numbers on the left are there for reference purposes only and do not necessarily correspond with the actual verse number.
Type(s) [3023] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι (7 verses)
Text source M. Rizou-Kouroupou, P. Géhin, 2008, Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la Bibliothèque du Patriarcat Oecuménique, Les manuscrits du monastère de la Panaghia de Chalki. Notices descriptives (vol. 1), Turnhout: 345
Text status Text partially unknown
Date 1491
Manuscript ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 134 [1491]
Place in Manuscript f. 210r-210v
Palaeographical information Written in brown ink.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Reader-related epigram
Bibliography

Primary

Metropolites Athenagoras 1936, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς ἐν Χάλκῃ Μονῆς τῆς Παναγίας, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 12, 285-316: 307
Number of verses 17
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Renaat Meesters
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri

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