Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20679
(formerly occ/4361)

	Τίς σοφίης ἐπιάρτια μέτρα \| ἐσήλασεν οἷα
	γρηγόριος τῆς τε \| κρείττον ἡδ' ὁλοοῦ·
	τίς βροντῆς γόνου ἄλλος ἐπέ\|λαχεν οὔνομ' ἀπ' οὔρας:
	καὶ χθονίοις κήρυξ ἔπλετο \| ὑψιβόης
	τρισοκλεοῦς θεότητος ὁμοίης \| πάντοθεν ἴσης
	ἀφραδέων δὲ πάλιν αἱρέσεων \| ὀλετήρ
	ἀλλ' ὦ μύστα θεοῖο μακάρτατε \| σῆσι λιτῆσιν·
	εύθυτάτως δίεπε πρόσφυγα \| σὸν πενιχρόν·
	ἄζυγα σαχακι(ον) ·:· \| παθέων καθύπερθεν ἀείρ(ας)·
	ἀμπλακίης τὲ ῥῦπον ψυχικ(ὸν) ἐκκαθάρ(ας)·
	ὅστις μειλιχίοις ἐπέσεσι τεοῖς φρέν(ας) ἡσθεὶς,·
	τήνδε τέτευχε πόθωι \| βύβλον αριπρεπέα+

Type(s)	[4351] Τίς σοφίης ἔπι ἄρτια μέτρα ἐσήλασεν οἷα (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 215 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 449v
Palaeographical information	Verses nine to twelve differ from the previous verses: the writing is messier, the ink darker, and the verses are written under both columns rather than under the column on the right. However, on the basis of their content, quality, style and structure, it can be argued that the twelve verses form a whole (cf. Demoen - Somers 2016: 206-207).
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Comment	Omont (1888: 234): 'Versus de S. Gregorio Nazianzeno'.
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b11004882h/f458.item
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen, V. Somers 2016, Grégoire de Nazianze, le Fils du tonnerre. Encore quelques adscripta métriques dans les manuscrits grégoriens, in V. Somers, P. Yannopoulos (eds.), Philokappadox. In memoriam Justin Mossay, Leuven, 199-221: 205-206 H. Omont, 1888, Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Ancien fonds grec. Belles lettres (vol. 3), Paris: 234 J. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 272
Number of verses	12
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Kristoffel Demoen - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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