Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2231
(formerly typ/284)

	Σοὶ μέν, Γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις,
	ἃ γὰρ διέγνως ἀνεπιφθόνως γράφεις,
	ἀλλ᾽ ἡ φύσις ῥέουσα συνεχῆ ῥύσιν
	ἀργεῖν βιάζει σοὺς πολυπλόκους λόγους.

Title(s)	Τοῦ φιλοσόφου κῦρ Φιλαγάθου
Text source	H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 538
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Philagathos from Cerami (12th c.) (monotropos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Galen of Pergamon < Asia Minor < Turkey (129 - 3rd c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart, 1966, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de l'Archivio di San Pietro, Vatican City: 67
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19914] σοὶ μὲν Γαληνὲ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις, [15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Laud. gr. 56 [15th c.] ((gen.) end of ms.) (4 verses) [17663] σὺ μὲν γαληνὲ τῶνδε τῶν πόν(ων) χάρις [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Arch. di S. Pietro H 45 [13th c.] (f. 311r) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[6058] Σοὶ μέν, Γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις (6 verses) (Variant (other wordings), Is part of) [29887] Σοὶ μέν, Γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις (4 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 678: "Philagathus Cerameus, In Galenum"
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