Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21094
(formerly occ/4818)

	ἕτεροι στίχοι

	Δα(υὶ)δ μελωδέοντι τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
	ὃς τῆ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκπλαγεὶς τραγωδίη,
	ζώων φύσεις θέλγοντά που (καὶ) δενδρέων
	ἀλλʹ ὀρφέα κρούοντα θείην πυκτίδα
	θ(εὸ)ν σέβοντα δʹ ὃν πάροιθεν ἠγνόουν,
	τὸ κλεινὸν ἆσμα ποῖος ἔψεται νόος·
	ὀρφῆα τοῦτον οὐ τὸν ἔξω προσφράσει·
	ὡς οἷα τοῖς μύθοισιν ἐξυφασμένα·
	οἷς τοῖς μέλεσιν ἕσπετʹ ἐθνέων γένος·
	ἄκουε δα(υὶ)δ τοῦ παρ’ ἡμῖν ὀρφέως
	φόρμιγγα κινεῖ μυστικῆς (...)λωδίας
	σιγᾶν δὲ ποιεῖ τῶν παθῶ(...) (...) (...)ρία
	ὅταν σφαλεῖσα τοῦ πρέ(...) (...) (...)σις
	πρὸς θηριώδεις ἐκτρ(...)

Type(s)	[1895] Δαυὶδ μελῳδέοντι τῆς ἐκκλησίας (9 verses) [1865] Ἄκουε Δαβὶδ τοῦ παρ' ἡμῖν Ὀρφέως (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana M 15 sup. [11th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 6r
Palaeographical information	Initial and title written in red ink.
Contextual information	This poem is the last in a series of three epigrams in honour of David. This series is preceded by an incomplete 'Poema 1. De inscriptionibus Psalmorum' (cf. Westerink (1992: 1-13)) by Michael Psellos, and followed by 'Poema 54. Commentarius in Psalmos' (Westerink (1992: 327-390)).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter
Comment	The poem does not function as a book epigram in this manuscript.
Bibliography	Primary E. Follieri 1957, Un carme giambico in onore di Davide, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 9, 101-116: 107 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 605 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 216 Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 205
Number of verses	14
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