Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3362
(formerly typ/1501)

	Ἄρχοντος ὀργή, δεῖμα τοῖς ὄχλοις μέγα
	μεῖζον δὲ κακὸν, εἴ τις ἐκ τούτου στάσις
	Γρηγόριος γοῦν εὐφυῶς τοῦτο, βλέπων
	ἑκατέρων ἵστησι τὸν λόγον μέσον.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 344
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 243
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24414] ἄρχοντος ὀργὴ, δεῖμα τ(οῖς) ὄχλ(οις) μέγα [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 119r) (4 verses) [19246] Ἄρχοντο(ς) ὀργὴ, δεῖμα τοῖς ὄχλοις μέγα [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 93v) (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, 83: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni orat. 17 ad cives Nazianzenos"
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Last modified: 2025-05-15.