Occurrence 30532

εἰς Λέοντα τὸν βασιλέα
 
δότε μοι θρήνους ἅδοντι ῥεῦσαι πηγὰς δακρύων,
κλαύσο(μαι) τὸν δεσπότην μου θρηνήσω μου τὸν φίλον:
τοῦτο ἡ ματαιότ(ης) +
τί μοι στυγνάζεις ἥλιε τί ζοφερὸν ἀνίσχεις·
πάντ(ως) ὅτι τὸν λέοντα τὸν ἄνακτα οὐ βλέπεις:
τοῦτ(ο) ἡ ματαιότ(ης) +
τί μοι σελήνη ἕοικας νυκτὶ μελανωμ(ένη).
πάντως ὅτι τὸν ἥλιον τὸν λέοντα οὐ βλέπεις.
τοῦτο ἡ ματαιότ(ης) +
τί μοι (καὶ) πόλος ἄναστρο(ς) ἀπὸ νεφῶν σπιλάδος.
τάχα λιβὰς ἐπύκνωσε δακρύω(ν) τὸν αἰθέρα:
τίς γὰρ ὁ μὴ θρηνήσ(ας) +
μὰ τὸν φωσφόρον ἥλιον κύκλος σελήν(ης) εἶπεν·
ἤθελον τὸν ὑπέργλυκυ ἀγκμὴν λέοντα βλέπ(ειν):
τοῦτο ἡ ματαιότ(ης) +
μὰ τὸυς χθονίους ἅπαντ(ας) ζοφερὸς ἅδ(ης) εἶπεν.
ὅτι μοι λέων πρόορο(ς) ἦλθεν οὐκ ἀντιλέγω:
τοῦτο ἡ ματαιότης +
βάλλετε πόνους βάλλετε δάκρυσι μεμιγμένους.
ὅλον τὸν τάφον πλήσατε τῶ(ν) ἐμῶν στεναγμάτων:
τὰ πάντ(α) ματαιότ(ης) +
Type(s) [30491] Δότε μοι θρήνους ᾄδοντι ῥεῦσαι πηγὰς δακρύων (21 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 12th c.
Manuscript MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional Vitr. 26-2 (olim N.2) [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 116v
Contextual information About the context, Ševčenko (1969-70: 189) says: "Each of these poems is placed in the manuscript's margin next to the text or the miniature relevant, or considered relevant, to the deceased".
Metre(s)
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Leo VI the Philosopher (866-912) - PMBZ: 26465: "Personenkennziffer: 24311"
Comment About the metre, see Ševčenko (1969-70: 196): "Seven strophes, each made up of a couplet in politic verse followed by a refrain consisting of the second half of the politic verse".
Image source(s) http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000022766&page=242
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Number of verses 21
Related occurrence(s) [30537] Ἄνασσα πόλις στέναξον, ἀπόθου σου τὸ στέφο(ς) [12th c.]
MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional Vitr. 26-2 (olim N.2) [12th c.] (f. 116v)
(65 verses) (17/21)
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