Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22757
(formerly occ/6644)

	Τοὺς τρεῖς μαθητὰς προσλαβὼν ὁ δεσπότης
	ὄρους ἀνῆλθεν εἰς βάσεις Θαβωρίου
	δεῖξαι θελήσας τὴν ἄφραστον οὐσίαν,
	ὡς ἦν ἐφικτὸν τοῖς φοροῦσι σαρκίον.
	ἄγει σὺν αὐτοῖς καὶ νόμου τοὺς προκρίτους
	ἐκ τῶν νεκάδων, ἐκ πυλῶν οὐρανίων.
	εἶτ’ ἀγλαὸν φῶς ἀστραποβόλον μέγα
	ἤστραψε τὸ πρόσωπον ἡλίου πλέον,
	χιτῶνες ἐξέλαμπον αἴγλην φωσφόρον·
	νεκροὶ μαθηταὶ τῆς ξένης θεωρίας.

Type(s)	[5533] Τοὺς τρεῖς μαθητὰς προσλαβὼν ὁ δεσπότης (10 verses)
Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 646
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1251-1300
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 108v
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Gregorios Pardos' Commentary on the Canon on the Transfiguration by Kosmas the Melodist. It is the last in a series of twelve such epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	James the Great (apostle, son of Zebedee) (1-10 - 44) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John (apostle, son of Zebedee) (1st c.) Peter (apostle, saint) (1st c.) Transfiguration
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 103 N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1320
Number of verses	10
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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