Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3145
(formerly typ/1287)

	Ἕκτος μελῳδός, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπέρπρωτος πέλεις,
	ὁ δεύτερος σὺ δευτερεύων τῶν μελῶν·
	τὰς ἡδονὰς σὺ διπλοσυνθέτους φέρεις,
	τοῦ δευτέρου πως δευτερεύων δευτέρως·
	σὲ τὸν μελιχρόν, τὸν γλυκύν, τὸν τέττιγα,
	τὸν ἐν πλαγίοις δεύτερον τίς οὐ φιλεῖ;

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
Tag(s)	Liturgy Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Christ-Paranikas (1963: CXXIII) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 137 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: 532
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[18980] Ἕκτος μελῳδὸς ἀλλ᾽ ὑπέρπρωτος πέλεις [12th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 54 [12th c.] (f. 152v) (6 verses) [24158] Σὲ τὸν μελιχρὸν· τὸν γλυκύν· τὸν τέττιγα [1276-1300] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. XI 31 [1276-1300] (f. 187r) (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, 214: "Theod. ep. Cyzenicus, In tonum obliquum secundum"
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