Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3178
(formerly typ/1309)

	Οἱ θεηγόροι καὶ κήρυκες τοῦ λόγου
	Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μέλλων κρίναι πάντας
	ὡς μισθωταὶ γάρ, μαθηταὶ καὶ δοῦλοι
	ἐκήρυξαν ὁδὸν εὐθείαν ἀνθρώποις·
	τὴν δε μισαρὰν καὶ βδελυκτὴν ἐκείνην,
	ἣν λατρεύοντες ὁδὸν πεπλανημένην
	ὡς σοφοὶ καὶ ῥήτορες ἔχοντες τόλμην
	ἐκ τοῦ παντουργοῦ θεοῦ τε καὶ σωτῆρος
	αὐτὴν ζωφόσας παντελὼς ἄχρι τέλους,
	ἄλλην ἑρητόρευσαν νέαν καὶ κρείττω
	τὴν ἀπάγουσαν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν ἄνω,
	ἣν ὁ πολυεύσπαγχνος θεὸς παρέχει.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Apostles Four Evangelists
Tag(s)	Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary P. Papageorgiou 1894, Αἱ Σέρραι καὶ τὰ προάστεια, τὰ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας καὶ ἡ μονὴ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 3(2), 225-329: 286 D. Sarros 1914, Παλαιογραφικὸς ἔρανος A' , τρεῖς ἄγνωστοι κώδικες τῆς Μεγάλης τοῦ Γένους Σχολῆς, Ὁ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Ἑλληνικὸς Φιλολογικὸς Σύλλογος, 33, 51-122: 65
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[19001] Οἱ θεηγόροι καὶ κήρυκες τοῦ λόγου [14th c.] SERRES - Gymnasion 3 [14th c.] (f. 238v) (12 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 513: "In quattuor evangelia"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3178

Last modified: 2022-08-26.