Type 5185
(formerly typ/3235)

Ἱστὸν ἄριστον θεοειδέων στήσας, φαίδιμε,
Ὤνησας πλήθη ἀπερείσια σοῖσι λόγοισι·
Ἀμφαφάων δὲ περίκλυτα βένθη πνεύματος, αὖτις
Νειόθεν ἐκ κραδίης ἠρεύξω χεύματα ξεῖνα·
Νοῦν βρότειον νημερτέως ξεινίζοντα ἅπαντα
Ὅρμοις οὖν ἐν ἀκηράτοις αἰεὶ ναίων, ἄρτι
Ὑψόθι πέμπτοις σὴν χάριν ἀμφαγαπαζομένοις σέ.
Title(s) Ἰωάννου μονάζοντος ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν θεῖον Ὀλυμπιόδωρον
Text source P. Odorico, 1986, Il prato e l'ape: il sapere sentenzioso del Monaco Giovanni, Vienna: 64
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Ioannes (monachos)
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s) Olympiodoros of Alexandria (6th c.)
Tag(s)
Bibliography
Number of verses 7
Occurrence(s) [21236] Ἱστὸν ἄριστον θεοειδέων στήσας, φαίδιμε, [10th c.]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 23 (coll. 496) [10th c.] (f. 76v)
(7 verses)
Acknowledgements
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 367: "Ioannes mon. In Olympiodorum"
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