Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4984
(formerly typ/3040)

	Μάρκος δ᾽ ὁ πάνυ δεύτερος θεηγόρος
	ἔγραψε τὴν σάρκωσιν ὡς ἔδει πόθῳ
	καὶ θαύματα σωτῆρος ἀριστοτρόπως
	πάθη τε σεπτὰ σὺν ταφῇ τ᾽ ἀναστάσει.

Title(s)	Στίχοι εἰς τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν Μάρκον
Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence Μάρκος δ᾽ ὁ πάνυ δεύτερος θεηγόρος)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Philotheos (14th c.) - PLP: XII.29896 (metropolites of Selymbria < Turkey)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	The original last verse, 'ξὺν ἄρα τοῖς θείοις παθήμασι τούτου', was deleted by John Chortasmenos and replaced with the new one, which is of better metrical quality.
Bibliography	Primary S. Kotzabassi, N. Patterson Ševčenko, D. Skemer, 2010, Greek manuscripts at Princeton, Sixth to Nineteenth Century: A Descriptive Catalogue, Princeton: 261
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21717] Μάρκος δ᾽ ὁ πάνυ δεύτερος θεηγόρος [1380] PRINCETON - Princeton University, the Art Museum y 1957-19 [1380] (f. 44r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2011, 237: "In Marcum evang."
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Last modified: 2021-04-02.