Type 4621
(formerly typ/2705)

Ἀκροπολίτης εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος
τὴν δὲ ἀξίαν καὶ μέγας λογοθέτης
ζωῆς ὅρους εἴρηκα καὶ τρόπους τέλους,
οὐ κατ' ἀποκλήρωσιν οὐ πεπρωμένους,
ἀλλ' ὡς προγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ τεταγμένους
τόσονδε τῷδε τῷ βίῳ διδοῦ χρόνον
καὶ συμμέτρως, ἄλλῳ δὲ πλατύνει θέλων,
τινῶν δ' ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἐκτείνει βίον.
ἀλλ' οἶδεν ἀλλ' ἔγνωκε τοὺς λόγους μόνος,
ὡς ἐμβατεύων καὶ νεφροῖς καὶ καρδίᾳ
καὶ κρίσιν ἀσύγκριτον ἐν πᾶσιν ἔχων.
Text source H. Delehaye 1933, Constantini Acropolitae, hagiographi byzantini, epistularum manipulus, Analecta Bollandiana, 51, 263-284: 267-268
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Tag(s)
Comment Vassis (2005: 287) also refers to the exact same epigram (cf. his reference to Kalatzi (2001: 510 n. 23)) under the incipit Ζωῆς ὅρους εἴρηκα καὶ τρόπους τέλους.
Bibliography
Number of verses 11
Occurrence(s) [21172] (...) [14th c.]
MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.] (f. 219r)
(11 verses)
Identification
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Last modified: 2019-11-14.