Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20681
(formerly occ/4366)

	Γρηγόριος μούσας πολλῶ πλέον ἤπερ ὅμηρος
	θειοτάτων ἐπέων δεῖξεν ὑπηρέτιδας.
	ἢ τό γε πᾶν μᾶλλον μουσῶν ὕπο λέξεν ὅμηρος
	γρηγορίω δ' ἔπνει πνεῦμ' ἄρα θειότατον

Type(s)	[4354] Γρηγόριος Μούσας πολλῷ πλέον ἤπερ Ὅμηρος (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 166 [14th-16th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13v
Contextual information	The epigram is the first in a series of six epigrams.
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: Homer (8th c. BC) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Comment	Stevenson (1888: 113) and Sajdak (1914: 273) give only the incipit. In this manuscript the epigram doesn't function as an actual book epigram.
Bibliography	Primary J. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 273 E. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 113
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - 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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