Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3932
(formerly typ/2020)

Ἡ μουσικὴ μὲν Ὀρφέως πάλαι λύρα,
ἕλληνες ἣν ἔφησαν οἱ μυθογράφοι
ἅπαντα τοῖς κρούμασιν ἕλκειν ἀθρόως,
καὶ θαῦμα πάντων μεῖζον εἶναι θαυμάτων,
τοιοῦτον οὐδὲν ἐτραγῴδησε μέλος,
οἵους ὁ Δαυὶδ ἐξετράνωσε λόγους·
πᾶσαν γὰρ ἐξαίρουσι μοῦσαν ὀργάνων,
σύμφωνον ἐξᾴδουσαν ᾠδὴν ᾀσμάτων.
Παρῆκεν Ὀρφεὺς καὶ σεσίγηκεν λύρα·
θέλγει γὰρ οὔτε δένδρα καὶ ζῷα πλάνα,
Δαυὶδ δὲ νῦν πάρεστι καὶ λαλεῖ ξένα
καὶ τῇ θεοφθόγγῳ τε μέλπει κινύρᾳ,
ἠχεῖ τὰ θεῖα καὶ κροτεῖ παρρησίᾳ,
ἐν γῇ μελῳδεῖ καὶ συνᾴδει τοῖς ἄνω
καὶ κύκλα παμπόνηρα δαιμόνων τρέπει,
παύει δὲ τῇ σύριγγι τῆς εὐρυθμίας
ὡς οἷα δυσκάθεκτα δεινὰ θηρία
ὁρμὰς παθῶν τε καὶ λογισμοὺς ἀστάτων,
ἕλκει βροτῶν γένος καὶ πρὸς ὕμνους τρέπει
καὶ συγχορεύειν ἀγγέλοις ἐπιτρέπει,
καὶ γὰρ σοφίζει καὶ πλατύνει καρδίαν,
καὶ νοῦν καθαίρει καὶ μεταίρει τῶν κάτω,
καὶ ζεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ καταυγάζει φρένα,
καὶ χειραγωγεῖ πρὸς τρίβους σωτηρίας.
Title(s) Γεωργίου Ἰαμβεῖα εἰς τὸν θεοπάτορα Δαυίδ
Text source G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 222-223
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Number of verses 24
Occurrence(s)
Related type(s) [2125] Ψαλμῶν τὸ τεῦχος ἐσφραγισμένοις χάρις (17 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 311: "In Davidem"
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