Type 4565
(formerly typ/2645)
| Ὅρα, ἀδελφέ, τὰ πάντα | |
| ἀκριβῶς τὰ γεγραμμένα, | |
| ὅσα ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ ταύτῃ | |
| κατετέθησαν ἐγγράφως, | |
| ὅπως σὺ ὁ ἔχων ταύτην | |
| ταῦτα πάντα ἐκκαρποῦσαι | |
| καὶ διδάσκεσαι καθ' ὥραν | |
| καὶ φωτίζεσαι τῇ γνώσει. | |
| Ἀλλὰ μή πως τῇ οἰήσει | |
| δι' αὐτῶν εἰς σὲ προσάξῃς, | |
| ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον μετὰ φόβου | |
| τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ταπεινώσει, | |
| οὕτως ταῦτα καὶ μετέρχου | |
| καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ἔχε, | |
| μιμνησκόμενος καθ' ὥραν | |
| ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ταῦτα γράψας. | |
| Οὐχὶ γῆ καὶ τέφρα πέλει, | |
| καὶ ἐν τάφῳ ἀπεκλείσθη; | |
| Οὕτως πᾶς τις ζῶν ἐνταῦθα, | |
| κἂν μὴ θέλῃ, λοιπὸν θνήσκει. | |
| Καὶ οὐ τέχνη λοιπὸν μένει, | |
| οὐδὲ ὤφελος ἐκ ταύτης, | |
| εἰ μὴ πρᾶξιν ἀγαθήν τε | |
| φέρει ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς θέμις. | |
| Καὶ σὺ οὖν, ἀγαπητέ μου, | |
| σπούδαξε κτισθῆναι πρᾶξιν, | |
| καὶ μὴ ὡς ἐγὼ ὁ τάλας, | |
| ὁ μηδὲν ἀγαθὸν ἔχων. | |
| Οὕτως γὰρ ἐν ταπεινώσει | |
| εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐργάζῃ· | |
| ὤφελος εἰς σὲ ἐκ ταύτης | |
| οὐ μικρὸν τῆς βίβλου κτήσῃ. | |
| Αὕτη γὰρ θησαυρὸς πέλει | |
| ἀνεξάντλητος δι' ὅλου | |
| ................................. | |
| ................................. | |
| Ὅσα γάρ τις τῶν χρημάτων | |
| κτήσηται ἐν τῷ νῦν κόσμῳ, | |
| φθείρονται καὶ ἀλλοιοῦνται | |
| ἐν μιᾷ ῥοπῇ τὰ πάντα. | |
| Αὕτη δὲ ἡ βίβλος πέλει | |
| ἄφθαρτον τὸν πλοῦτον ἔχων | |
| καὶ ψυχῇ καὶ σώματί σου | |
| εἰς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. |
| Text source | S. Mercati 1970, Macaire Caloritès et Constantin Anagnostès, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 206-235: 234 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Octosyllable |
| Tag(s) | |
| Comment | Mercati (1970: 206-226) supposed that the author of the epigram was one of the thirteenth Cypriot monks killed by Latins in Cyprus on 19 May 1231. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 44 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21052] Ὅρα ἀδελφὲ τὰ πάντα
[13th-14th c.]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 367 [1317-1320] (f. 68v) (42 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, 542: "Macarius Calorites, In finem libri quem scripsit" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4565 |
Last modified: 2021-08-17.
