Type 3408
(formerly typ/1546)
| Ἤκουσας, ἤκουσας ἔτη πολλὰ πάλαι | |
| νικῶν, διδοὺς, εὐεργετῶν τὰ σὰ φίλα | |
| πάντα τε πράττων, ἃ Θεῷ φίλον βλέπειν | |
| ψυχὴ μεγάλη, καὶ τρόποις χρηστοῖς πάνυ | |
| οὐ μεῖον εἰσέπειτ᾽ ἀκούσεις πλειστάκις | |
| εὐχὰς, χάριν τούτων ἅ γράφεις ἐκ πόθου | |
| ἐν τῇδε βίβλῳ τῇ κεχαριτωμένῃ | |
| βασιλέων ἄριστε, δόξα σοῦ γένους. |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Ioannes VI Kantakouzenos (1292-1383) - PLP: V.10973 |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
Audisti, audisti multos olim per annos, Vincens, donans, beneficiis cumulans tuos dilectos filios, Omniaque faciens, quae Deo gratum est videre, Anima grandis, idque optimis plane rationibus: Sed non minus deinceps exaudies saepius Adprecationes, ob haec quae scribis pio adfectu In hoc libro cunctis gratissimo, Regum optime, tui generis gloria. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 8 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[19298] Ἤκουσας ἤκουσας ἔτη πολλὰ πάλαι
[14th c.]
FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 8, Cod. 8 [14th c.] (f. 379r) (8 verses) |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 304: "In Ioann. Cantacuzenum imp." |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3408 |
Last modified: 2020-01-16.
