Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3352
(formerly typ/1491)

	Καὶ Γοργονίᾳ κειμένῃ τῇ συγγόνῳ
	Τὸ Γρήγορον σὸν προσλαλεῖ, πάτερ, στόμα
	Πλήν, τοῦτο καινόν, εἴγε μὴ θᾶττον πάλιν
	Πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξέκυψεν ἡ σύμπνους λόγον

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 341-342
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Church Fathers Gorgonia (daughter of Gregory of Nazianzus) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ Resurrection
Tag(s)	Death Epitaph Praise of the author Prayer Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24402] καὶ γοργονίᾳ κειμένῃ τῆ συγγόνῳ [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 46v) (4 verses) [19234] καὶ γοργονίᾳ κειμένῃ τῇ συγγένῳ [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 37v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 373: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 8 in laudem Gorgoniae"
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Last modified: 2025-06-24.