Type 1937
(formerly typ/56)
| Ἔλυσας ἀχλύν, διεσκέδασας ζόφον, | |
| τέτμηκας προθέλυμνον εἰδώλων πλάνην. | |
| Πίστιν κατεφύτευσας ἐνθεεστάτην | |
| πυριπνόοις ἔπεσιν βάλλων τοὺς πόρρω | |
| ἀγχεμάχοις βέλεσιν τοὺς δεῦρο σφάττων, | |
| Παῦλε, πυρφόρον τοῦ παρακλήτου στόμα. |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Paul (apostle, saint) |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
You have dissolved the mist, you have dispersed the darkness, you have rooted out the error of idolatry. You have planted a faith that is most full of God, pushing forward the people of the future with fire-breathing words, and slaughtering those of the past with hand-to-hand weapons, Paul, fire-bearing mouth of the Holy Spirit. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined K. Bentein, F. Bernard, K. Demoen, M. De Groote 2010, New Testament Book Epigrams, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 103(1), 13-23: 20 |
| Number of verses | 6 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[17371] Ἔλυσας ἀχλὺν, διεσκέδασας ζόφον
[11th-12th c.]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 363 [11th-12th c.] (f. 257v) (6 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2011, 216: "In s. Paulum" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/1937 |
Last modified: 2019-06-19.
