Type 2488
(formerly typ/567)

Ἀρχῆς καλῆς κάλλιστον εἶναι καὶ τέλος,
ὀρθῶς δοκοῦσιν οἱ ὅροι τῶν πραγμάτων.
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Tag(s) Completion of the book
Comment The first verse also occurs in the 14th-century manuscript Sofia, Cărkovno-istoričeski i archiven institut 397 (paste-down), where it was added by a later hand in 1776 (Getov 2017: 117).
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s)
Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 81: "Greg. Nazianzenus*, Distichae sententiae"
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Last modified: 2025-02-20.