Occurrence 22228
(formerly occ/6104)

τοῦ σοφωτάτου φιλῆ στίχοι ἐγκωμιαστικοὶ εἰς τὸν ἀλέξανδρον τὸν βασιλέα : ·
 
Ἃ μὲν (...) χρόνος·
ὃ δὲ χρόνος δίδωσιν ἁρπάζει φθόνος·
(...) τῶν πόνων,
ψύχη μὲν ἀπέφηνε παντὸς βελτίων·
χρόνος δὲ λαβὼν (...) τοῦ φθόνου·
αἱ γὰρ ἀγαθαὶ τῶν φιλιστόρων φύσεις·
λαθεῖν ἀγεννῶς (...) τὸν μέγαν·
ἐπείπερ αἱ μὲν, δεξιοῦνται τοῖς λόγοις·
αἱ δὲ χρόαις γράφουσι τὸν στεφανίτην·
παγκόσμιος γὰρ εὐτυχεῖ τοῦτον πίναξ·
τοῖς ἀνδραγαθήμασιν ἐστηλωμένον·
ἔγωγε μὴν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ πρὶν θαυμάσας·
νῦν μᾶλλον ὑμνῶ τῆς πολυζήλου τύχης·
ἔτι γὰρ ἡβῶν, τῶν γερόντων ἐκράτει·
κ(αὶ) χρημάτων ἤσκησεν ὑπεροψίαν·
ἀρχὴν ἑαυτῶ παγγενῆ θησαυρίσας·
καὶ πταιστὸς ὢν ἄπταιστος εὐθὺς εὑρέθη·
καὶ γυμνάσας τὸ σῶμα τοῖς ὑπὲρ φύσιν·
μόνος τὸ πᾶν κατέσχεν ἀπτέρω τάχει·
αὐτῶ δὲ τῆς γῆς οὐκ ἀποχρώσης ὅλης,
κ(αὶ) δευτέραν δήπουθεν ἐζήτει κτίσιν·
κ(αὶ) εἶχεν αἰθὴρ εὐμενεῖς ἀπροσμάχους,
ἐκ μηχανῆς ἂν εἷλε κἀκείνους τάχα : ·
Type(s) [5376] Ὃ μὲν τύχη δείκνυσι, καλύπτει χρόνος (50 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1470
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 369 (coll. 1045) [1470]
Place in Manuscript f. 190v
Person(s)
Scribe
Georgios Tzangaropoulos (15th c.) - RGK: I.72, II.93 - VGH: 84.F - PLP: XI.27624 (hiereus)
Palaeographical information Lines 7-8 are added in the lower margin. Due to water damage, some passages are illegible in this manuscript.
Contextual information The poem follows the work 'De expeditione Alexandri Magni' by Arrianus.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s) Alexander the Great of Pella < Central Macedonia < Greece (356 BC - 323 BC)
Comment The poem is copied by Georgios Tzaggaropoulos from the codex VENEZIA - Bibl. Naz. Marc. - gr. Z. 511, f. 398v.
Bibliography
Number of verses 23
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Krystina Kubina.

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