Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3373
(formerly typ/1511)

	Ἄνωθεν, οὐ κάτωθεν, ὦ πάτερ, λέγεις
	Θεὸς γὰρ ἐν σοί, καὶ Θεοῦ πλάκας φέρεις
	καὶ δημαγωγεῖς εὐφυῶς καὶ κοσμίως
	ἐπηλυασθεὶς μυστικῆς αὔρας γνόφῳ.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 346
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
Tag(s)	Address to the soul Introduction to the subject Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 244 B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 584
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24424] ἄνωθεν οὐ κάτωθεν ὦ π(άτε)ρ, λέγεις· [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 213r) (4 verses) [19257] Ἄνωθεν οὐ κάτωθ(εν) ὦ π(άτ)ερ λέγεις [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 172r) (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, 63: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Naz. oration. 28"
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Last modified: 2025-07-07.