Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26380
(formerly occ/10435)

	Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης· \|
	ὁ τοῦ διὸς φεῦ τὸν τρόπον ὑπηρέτης· \|
	νέρων ὁ δεινὸς (καὶ) κατεβδελυγμένος· \|
	ὠμῆς λεαίνης σκύμνος ὐγριωμένο(ς) \|
	κτείνας σύνευνον· εἶτα χ(ριστο)ῦ ποιμένο(ς)· \|
	τὸν ἄρνα παῦλον γῆς ὅλης τὸν ποιμένα· \|
	νῦν ἐστι βρῶμα τοῦ κυνὸ(ς) τοῦ κερβέρου· \|
	Παῦλος τρυφᾶ τρυφῆι δὲ τῆς ζωηφόρου· \|
	φῶς τριττὸν ἁπλοῦν ὡς ὁρῶν θεαρχί(ας), \|
	ἔπαθλον εὑρὼν τὴν ἄνω σκη\|πτουχίαν.

Type(s)	[3170] Ὁ μητροραίστης καὶ γένους ἀναιρέτης (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 3r
Palaeographical information	Written in Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Kerberos Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (15/12/37 - 09/06/68) Paul (apostle, saint) Zeus
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107220628/f8.item
Bibliography	Secondary K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 123 (n. 26)
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[18996] Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 217 [12th c.] (f. 16v) (10 verses) (10/10) [17155] Ὁ μητροραίστης καὶ γένους ἀναιρέτης [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 6r) (10 verses) (10/10) [24104] Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 6r) (10 verses) (10/10)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) 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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