Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25410
(formerly occ/9437)

	τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος Θεὸς
	παραίτιος δὲ τῶν καλῶν ἐστι μόνος

Type(s)	[2144] Τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος Θεὸς (2 verses)
Text source	S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15, 61-67: 65
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 55 (coll. 455) [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	(unsure) f. 204r
Contextual information	The epigram is most likely written at the end of St. Basil's homily 'Quod Deus non est auctor malorum' (cf. Rudberg 1961: 64-65).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Number of verses	2
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