Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3396
(formerly typ/1535)

	Εὐάγριε, θήραμα τῷ Γρηγορίῳ·
	θεῖον γὰρ ἀμφίβληστρον ἐνθάδε πλέκων
	ἄφωνον ἰχθὺν τόνδε μικροῦ δεικνύει
	τὴν τῶν λόγων δύναμιν ἐκπεπληγμένον.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 353
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)	Church Fathers Evagrios Pontikos (345 - 399) Gospel Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ Philosophy
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 247
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24446] εὐάγριος, θήραμα τῷ γρηγορίῳ [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 426v) (4 verses) [19283] εὐάγριε θήραμα τῷ γρηγορίω [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 342v) (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, 263: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni* epist. 243 ad Evagrium"
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Last modified: 2025-06-25.