Type 2585
(formerly typ/679)

Ὦ τοῦ λόγου θάλασσα μὴ μετρουμένη,
εἰς ἀχανὲς φάνουσα τῆς Γραφῆς πλάτος,
καὶ νῦν σχεθεῖσα μέχρι καὶ ψαλμῶν βάθους,
πληροῦσα πάντα καὶ μέχρι καὶ πυθμένος,
θεωρίας τε τοῦς ἀποκρύγους τόπος,
φαίνουσα λευκοὺς ἐν βυθῷ καὶ μαργάρους,
τῷ διαφανεῖ τῆς σαφηνείας λόγῳ.
Πίνοιμί σου, θάλασσα. τὸ γλυκὺ κῦμα,
Κἂν ἐκφλέκῃς, τὸ δίψος οὐχὶ σβέννυται,
πόθῳ ζέοντι σῶν λογογραφημάτων.
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s) Praise of the author
Bibliography
Number of verses 10
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 910: "In Ioann. Chrysostomi expositiones in Psalmos"
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Last modified: 2019-05-22.