Type 4616
(formerly typ/2695)
| Ἄλλοι μὲν ἄλλους τῶν πάλαι βασιλέων, | |
| αὑτοῖς προαφώρισαν εἰς ταφὴν τόπους· | |
| ἐγὼ δὲ Βασίλειος, πορφύρας γόνος, | |
| ἵστημι τύμβον ἐν τόπῳ γῆς Ἑβδόμου | |
| καὶ σαββατίζο τῶν ἀμετρήτων πόνων | |
| οὓς ἐν μάχαις ἔστεργον, οὓς ἐκαρτέρουν. | |
| οὐ γάρ τις εἶδεν ἠρεμοῦν ἐμὸν δόρυ, | |
| ἀφ' οὗ βασιλεὺς οὐρανῶν κέκληκέ με | |
| αὐτοκράτορα γῆς μέγα βασιλέα, | |
| ἀλλ' ἀγρυπνὸν ἅπαντα τὸν ζωῆς χρόνον | |
| Ῥώμης τὰ τέκνα τοῖς νέας ἐρυόμην | |
| ὁτὲ στρατεύων ἀνδρικῶς πρὸς ἑσπέραν, | |
| ὁτὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς ὅρους τοὺς τῆς ἕω. | |
| καὶ μαρτυροῦσι τοῦτο Πέρσαι καὶ Σκύθαι, | |
| συν οἷς Ἀβασγός, Ἰμαήλ, Ἄραψ, Ἴβηρ. | |
| καὶ νῦν ὁρῶν, ἄνθρωπε, τόνδε τὸν τάφον | |
| εὐχαῖς ἀμείβου τὰς ἐμὰς στρατηγίας. |
| Title(s) | Στίχοι ἐπιτάφιοι εἰς τὸν τάφον κυροῦ Βασιλείου τοὺ Βουλγαροκτόνου καὶ βασιλέως |
| Text source | S. Mercati 1970, Sull'epitafio di Basilio II Bulgaroctonos, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 226-231: 230-231 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | |
| Tag(s) | Death |
| Comment | The epigram is preserved also in Marc. gr. 482 (f. 52v; end 13th c.) and Ambr. A 78 inf. (f. 2v; 1374), where it does not function as a book epigram. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 17 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[25953] Ἄλλοι μὲν ἄλλους τῶν πάλαι βασιλέων
[1283]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. VII 12 [1283] (f. 355v) (17 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, 31: "In sepulcrum Basilii II imp." |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4616 |
Last modified: 2023-03-23.
