Type 2140
(formerly typ/195)

Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε Ματθαῖος λόγους,
πλοῦτον νοητὸν χριστιανικῷ στίφει·
ὃν καὶ κρατοῦντες ἔνδον ἐν στέρνοις, φίλοι,
κόσμον φύγωμεν καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας
ἐκεῖνος ὥσπερ τῶν τελωνῶν τὴν λύμην,
καὶ πρὸς χαρὰν δράμωμεν Χριστῷ ἐν τάχει.
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s) Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes δέδωκε] δώδεκα proponit Kominis
Translation(s) Come perle diede Matteo discorsi, ricchezza spirituale per la schiera cristiana; questa dunque serbando dentro al petto, amici, fuggiamo il mondo e i vani pensieri, come quegli la sozzura dei publicani, e verso la gioia corriamo a Cristo in fretta.
Language
Italian
Source(s)
E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 151
Comment One more occurrence of the epigram is preserved in the ms. Vat. gr. 2561, f. 1v, where the poem was added by Nikolaos Zampelis' hand in 1620 (see Canart (2010: 326)).
Bibliography
Number of verses 6
Occurrence(s)
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Last modified: 2019-09-04.