Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25255
(formerly occ/9278)

	Ἄν ὠκεανὸς τὰς θαλάσσας ἐξάγῃ,
	αἰθὴρ δ' ὁ λαμπρὸς κερματίζῃ τὴν φλόγα,
	βροντὴν δ' ἀκουστὴν συνθλιβεὶς ἀὴρ φέρῃ,
	πῶς οὐχὶ ῥεῖθρα πνευματόρρυτον χύσιν·
	ποταμὸς ἀκένωτος ἐκ διδαγμάτων
	ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς πλημμυρίσῃ πανσόφως
	ὡς εἰς ἑκατὸν ἐξενεγκεῖν τὴν χάριν;
	Τὸ πῦρ φλογίζον καὶ καθαῖρον τὴν ὕλην
	νόσους δαπανοῦν εὐσεβεῖς δὲ λαμπρῦνον
	καὶ βροντὰς ἀφεὶς αἰθεροδρόμους λόγους
	βροτοὺς ἀνυψώσειεν εὐσεβοφρόνως.
	καὶ δὴ κατιδὼν ὡς θεογράφους πλάκας
	ἐκ τῶν ἀΰλων μυστικῶν ἀκουσμάτων·
	τὴν βίβλον ὡδὶ συλλαβὼν εὐθυβόλως
	ἔγγραφε καὶ χάραττε καρδίας πλάτει,
	κάλλη νοητῶν σωστικῶν σπουδασμάτων,
	τύπους ἀτερπεῖς σῆς ψυχῆς ἀποξέων,
	ὡς ἂν διαρθῇς εἰς ποθουμένην πόλιν
	ἐν ᾗ τὰ λαμπρὰ τῆς Ἐδὲμ λάβῃς γέρα.

Type(s)	[3063] Ἄν ὠκεανὸς τὰς θαλάσσας ἐξάγῃ (19 verses)
Text source	S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 420-421
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ε 163 (Eustratiades 625) [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 162r
Contextual information	It is followed by another epigram, inc. 'Εὔροις δ' ἀμοιβὴν τῶν πόνων ἀρχιθῦτα'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Number of verses	19
Related occurrence(s)	[18830] Ἄν ὠκεανὸς τὰς θαλάσσας ἐξάγῃ [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 66 (Vlad. 155) [14th-15th c.] (f. 3v-4r) (19 verses) (19/19)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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