Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2069
(formerly typ/142)

Σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρασύστομον φρένα,
τὸ χρυσόρειθρον τῶν νοημάτων στόμα.
Text source A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 124
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) John Chrysostom (saint) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Tag(s) Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s) The mouth from which issues the gold river of meaning has persuaded the impudent-tonged mind to keep silence.
Language
English
Source(s)
A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 124
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Number of verses 2
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Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Lotte van Olmen - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 672: "In Ioann. Chrysostomi homilias contra Iudaeos"
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