Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3144
(formerly typ/1286)

	Κἂν δευτέραν εἴληφας ἑν τάξει θέσιν,
	ἀλλ' ἡδονὴ πρώτη σοι τῷ μελιρρύτῳ·
	τὸ σὸν μελιχρὸν καὶ γλυκύτατον μέλος
	ὀστᾶ πιαίνει καρδίας τ' ἐνηδύνει.
	Σειρῆνες ᾖδον δευτέρου πάντως μέλη·
	οὕτω πράως σοι ῥεῖ μελισταγὲς μέλος.

Text source	W. von Christ, M. Paranikas, 1963, Anthologia graeca carminum christianorum, Hildesheim: CXXIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodoros Kyzikenos (episkopos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eight Tones Music Sirens
Tag(s)	Liturgy Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary L. Sternbach 1900, Analecta Byzantina, Ceské Museum filologické, 6, 291-322: 306 1885, Παρακλητική ήτοι Οκτώηχος η Μεγάλη: περιέχουσα άπασαν την ανήκουσαν αυτήν Ακολουθίαν, μετά των εν τω τέλει συνήθων προσθηκών, Rome: 184
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[18979] Κἂν δευτέραν εἴληφας ἑν τάξει θέσιν [12th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 54 [12th c.] (f. 37r) (6 verses) [24142] Τὸ σ(ὸν) μελιχρ(ὸν) καὶ γλυκύστομ(ον) μέλος [1276-1300] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. XI 31 [1276-1300] (f. 172v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) 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, 395: "In tonum secundum"
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Last modified: 2021-09-03.