Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25492
(formerly occ/9519)

	Πρὸς τὰς ἐπωδάς τῶν πονηρῶν πνευμάτων
	βύουσα τὴν αἴσθησιν οἰκτρὰ καρδία,
	τῶν δεσποτικῶν ἀκροῶ διδαγμάτων·
	βρονταί γάρ εἰσιν ἐκ θ(εο)ῦ προηγμέναι,
	καὶ ῥεῖθρα καινά μυστικῆς ἐπομβρίας,
	ὑφ' ὧν ὁ σατὰν συσχεθείς ἀπεπνίγη·
	κἂν ἀστραπῆς ἔλλαμψιν ἀθρῆσαι θέλης,
	ἔχεις ἰδοὺ τὸ πν(εῦμ)α καὶ ταύτης πλέον·
	κἂν ὑλομανῆς ὑπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας,
	κάθαιρε κ(αὶ) λίπαινε τὸν χέρσον βίον·
	ὡς ἂν ὁ καρπός εὐστοχῆ τῶν πρακτέων,
	σταχυφορῶν τὸ σπέρμα τῆς σ(ωτη)ρίας:-

Type(s)	[6805] Πρὸς τὰς ἐπῳδὰς τῶν πονηρῶν πνευμάτων (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1400
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 20 (Eustratiades 1830) [1400]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Person(s)	Scribe Theodoretos of Philadelphia < Turkey (1400-1500) - VGH: 135.A - PLP: IV.7330
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the Gospel of Matthew.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=48&left=2&top=54&site=INTF&image=31628/0/50/10/28
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[25459] Πρὸς τὰς ἐπωδὰς τῶν πονηρ(ῶν) πνευμ(ά)τ(ων) [1359] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 902 (olim 700) [1359] (f. 157r) (12 verses) (12/12)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri
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