Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24590
(formerly occ/8568)

	ἄλλο

	πάλαι μὲν ὀρφευς τὴν λύρ(αν) κρού(ων): \|
	ἔτρεπεν εἷλκεν κ(αὶ) εἰς βάραθρ(ον) ἅδου: \|
	κατῆκόντιζεν τ(οὺς) ταύτη προ(σ)χομ(έ)ν(ους): \|
	αμέ δ' ὁ τευξάμ(εν)ο(ς) κ(αὶ) ψάλλων πόθω: \|
	ἐκπυρσεύεται πράξει κ(αὶ) θεωρία:· \|
	καὶ τὴ εὐρύθμο τῆς καλ(ῆς) μελουργί(ας): \|
	τοῦν ψυχὴν διάνοιαν φωταγωγείτ(αι): \|
	αλλ ὦ μέδον πάνταρχα κ(αὶ) εὐεργέτ(α): \|
	τὸν κτισάμενόν με πόθω κ(αὶ) ἀγάπη: \|
	φρούρει σκέπε λύτρωσαι τῶν \| ἀμαρτάδων:· \|
	καὶ τὴν ἄληκτ(ον) κληρῶσαι βασιλ(είαν): \|
	καταξίωσον διατῆς θ(εοτό)κου:

Type(s)	[6418] Πάλαι μὲν Ὀρφεὺς τὴν λύραν κρούων (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1116
Manuscript	MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 117 [1115-1116]
Place in Manuscript	f. 239v
Contextual information	Tenth of a series of epigrams. Written without distinction with the one which follows, 'τήν στ(αυ)ρέ χ(ριστὸ)ς ἐκπιῶν δίκην θέλ(ων)'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Music Orpheus Psalter Theotokos
Bibliography	Primary G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 240
Number of verses	12
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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