Type 3119
(formerly typ/1238)
| Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν | |
| ὡς οὐκ ἐπλάσθης ἐν γυναικὸς κοιλίᾳ, | |
| ἀλλ᾽ ἀγγέλοις μάλιστα συντεταγμένος | |
| ἄνωθεν ἦλθες ἐκ πόλου, φύσις ξένη, | |
| βροτοῖς ἀπαγγέλλουσα πάντα πρὸς μέρος | |
| τὰ τῶν ἀΰλων ταγμάτων ὅπως ἔχοι. | |
| Οὕτω γινώσκεις τὰς ἀΰλους οὐσίας· | |
| οὕτω θεωρεῖς ἐνθέους θεωρίας· | |
| οὕτω φανεροῖς τὰς φύσεις τῶν ἀγγέλων· | |
| οὕτω — τὸ μεῖζον — ἄγγελος σὺ τὴν φύσιν. |
| Title(s) | Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Διονύσιον ἕν |
| Text source | M. De Groote, 2012, Christophori Mitylenaii Versuum Variorum Collectio Cryptensis, Turnhout: 80 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.) |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
On Saint Dionysios because of… I am so bold, Dionysios, as to say that you were not born from a woman’s womb, but that you had a place among the angels and came down from heaven, an alien nature, to proclaim to mortals in every detail the immaterial ranks, the nature of each. This is how you know the immaterial beings; this is how you contemplate divine contemplations; this is how you reveal the natures of the angels; this is how, above all, you too are an angel. |
| Comment | Edition by De Groote, poem n.86 (2012: 80). |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined |
| Number of verses | 10 |
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Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 166: "Christoph. Mitylenaeus, In s. Dionysium" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3119 |
Last modified: 2019-11-05.
