Type 3833
(formerly typ/1933)
| Τί τοῦτο πάντως ἐσχάτης τολμηρίας | |
| μέσον τοσούτου συλλόγου τῶν πατέρων | |
| καὶ ταῦτα πάντων εὐλαβῶν καὶ κοσμίων | |
| ἄμουσον ἄνδρα παντελῶς ἀρετάων; | |
| ὅν οὐδ' ὅλως ἔστεψαν οἱ σοφοὶ λόγοι | |
| στέφει χαρίτων, ὡς στέφουσι πολλάκις | |
| γνῶσιν διδόντες εὔπτερον πρὸς τὸ γράφειν | |
| κομψῶς, μελιχρῶς, εὐφυῶς, θαυμασίως, | |
| ὅν ῥητορικὴ βίβλος οὐδαμῶς ἔχει | |
| πονοῦντα μαθεῖν σχημάτων τὰς ἰδέας, | |
| ἅς Ἑρμογένης ἐκδιδάσκει πανσόφως, | |
| ἀλλὰ πιέζει τῆς ἀμαθίας νόσος, | |
| ἀλλὰ ταράττει καὶ στροβεῖ καὶ συγχέει | |
| ὁ τῶν κυμάτων τῆς ῥαθυμίας σάλος | |
| εἰς βυθὸν αὐτὸν καταποντίσαι θέλων. | |
| ἀλλ' εἰς τὸν εἱρμὸν αὖθις ἄξω τὸν λόγον. | |
| ἔδει με σιγᾶν, ὦ καλὴ γερουσία, | |
| δι' οὓς προλαβὼν ἀπέφηνα τοὺς τρόπους, | |
| μήπως λαλήσας εἰς μέσον (...) |
| Text source | S. Mercati 1970, Stefano Meles è l'autore della vita giambica di S. Teodoro Studita del cod. Barocc. gr. 27, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 311-314: 312 |
| Text status | Text partially unknown |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
| Person(s) |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Hermogenes of Tarsos < Asia Minor < Turkey (2nd c. - 3rd c.) |
| Tag(s) | (Spiritual) advice to the reader |
| Comment | The end of the text is mutilated. Cf. Coxe (1969: 45): 'Deficit in versu'; Mercati (1925: 44): 'il testo cessa per lacerazione dei fogli'. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 19 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[19773] τί τοῦτο, πάντως ἐσχάτ(ης) τολμηρίας
[14th c.]
OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 27 [1301-1325] (f. 324v) (19 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 759: "Stephanus Meles, In s. Theodorum Studitem" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3833 |
Last modified: 2020-08-10.
