Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25929
(formerly occ/9964)

	Ἴαμβοι στίχοι Νικηφόρου φιλοσόφου

	Ὅσοι γὰρ θεσμοὺς πατέρων χριστοφόφων,
	ἀποστολικὰς παραδόσεις ἐνθέους
	πίστεως ἁπλῆς, ἀληθεστάτους ὅρους,
	θέλετε ἰδεῖν ἀμέμπτους ὀρθοδόξοις,
	δεῦτε προσῆτε τῷ σοφῷ διδασκάλῳ,
	Νικολάῳ λάμψαντι νέῳ Μεθώνης,
	ἔνθους ἀρετῆς σώφρονος συνουσίας
	ἣν ἔννομοι κυροῦσι τῆς γραφῆς τύποι,
	ὁ τῶνδε πατὴρ γνησίων νοημάτων,
	δι' ὧν νόθον κύλικα πορνικοῦ σπόρου
	ἔξωθεν ἕλκων, ἀλλόφυλον ὡς γένος,
	πρὸς ἐξαπάτην τῶν λόγων τοὺς φληνάφους
	ἤλεγξε, κατέβαλε ρίψας εἰς χάος
	καὶ συλλογισμῶν τοὺς ἀσυμπλόκους βρόχους
	ἔλυσεν ἄρδην ὡς ἀραχνίους μίτους.

Type(s)	[4251] Ὅσοι γὰρ θεσμοὺς πατέρων χριστοφόφων (15 verses)
Text source	S. Lampros 1895, Die Handschriften des Nikolaos von Methone im Dionysioskloster, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 4, 363-365: 364
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 218 [15th c.]
Contextual information	The epigram occurs after the work of Nicholas of Methone.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Nicholas of Methone (12th c.)
Number of verses	15
Related occurrence(s)	[20501] Ὅσοι γὰρ θεσμοὺς πατέρων χριστοφόφων [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Λ 135 (Eustratiades 1626) [15th c.] (f. 451r) (15 verses) (11/15) [25539] Ὅσοι γὰρ θεσμοὺς π(ατέ)ρων χριστοφόρων [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 508 [14th c.] (f. 269v) (15 verses) (9/15)
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Last modified: 2019-08-12.