Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25003
(formerly occ/9001)

	Στίχοι κῦρ Τζέτζου πρὸς τὸν κῦρ Μιχαὴλ τὸν Ψελλὸν

	Καὶ τοῦτο δεῖγμα, Ψελλέ, σῆς εὐφυΐας,
	δι᾽ ἣν καταδὺς εἰς ἀβύσσους τῶν λόγων
	τοῦ δαιμονίου τὴν φύσιν Σταγειρίτου,
	γυμνοὺς ἐκεῖθεν ὀστράκων τοὺς μαργάρους
	ἀνελκύσας ἔδειξας, οἷς βίος λόγος·
	τὰ γὰρ θεωρήματα καλῶ μαργάρους,
	τὴν δὲ σκοτεινὴν φράσιν ὄστρακον λέγω
	ἀλλ᾽ εἴθε μοι γένοιτο τοιαῦτα γράφειν,
	τῶν γὰρ φθονούντων τοῖς καλοῖς οὐδεὶς λόγος·
	ἀλλὰ σαφεὶς τέθεικας, τραυλέ, σοὺς λόγους.

Type(s)	[6647] Καὶ τοῦτο δεῖγμα, Ψελλέ, σῆς εὐφυΐας (10 verses)
Text source	N. Agiotis 2013, Tzetzes on Psellos revisited, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 106, 1-8: 3-4
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III E 12 [1491-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 118v
Contextual information	The epigram follows Psellos' Paraphrase on Aristotle's De interpretatione.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Aristoteles (384 BC - 322 BC) John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/ Michael Psellos (1018-1081) - PBW: Michael/61/
Bibliography	Primary E. Cullhed 2015, Diving for pearls and Tzetzes' death, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 108, 53-62: 53 M. Formentin, F. Richetti, L. Siben, 2015, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 3), Roma: 182
Number of verses	10
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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Last modified: 2020-10-29.