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	στοίχοι εἰς τὸν φωκυλίδην·

	Ὁ φωκυλίδης εὐπρεπῆ ζήσας βίον,
	ὡς χριστομύστης, ὡς ἀπόστολος μέγας,
	ὡς ἀκροατὴς τῶν θεοῦ θεσπισμάτων,
	καὶ μυσταγωγὸς τῶν ἀρίστων πρακτέων,
	εὐαγγελικῶς ταῦτα λαλεῖ καὶ γράφει·
	εὔχρηστα τυγχάνοντα τοῖς ἐν τῷ βίῳ:·

Type(s)	[3494] Ὁ Φωκυλίδης εὐπρεπῆ ζήσας βίον (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 243 (1-2-20) [22/05/1494]
Place in Manuscript	f. 71r
Person(s)	Scribe Demetrios Damilas (15th-16th c.) - RGK: I.93, II.127, III.160 - PLP: III.5084
Palaeographical information	The title and initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Phocylides' life and is followed by another book epigram. They precede Pseudo-Phocylides' didactic poem.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Phocylides (1st c. BC-1st c.)
Comment	Graux - Martin (1892: 195): 'Six vers sur Phocylide.'
Image source(s)	https://gredos.usal.es/handle/10366/149930
Bibliography	Primary C. Graux, A. Martin, 1892, Rapport sur une mission en Espagne et en Portugal. Notices sommaires des manuscrits grecs d' Espagne et de Portugal, Paris: 195 A. Tovar, 1963, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Universitatis Salamantinae. Collectio Universitatis antiqua (vol. 1), Salamanca: 62
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Lev Shadrin, 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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