Type 5428
(formerly typ/3475)
| Πυρός τι χρῆμα πᾶς νόμιζε λαμβάνειν | |
| ἐν χερσίν, ὃς ἂν τήνδε τὴν βίβλον δέχῃ· | |
| εἰ μὲν γὰρ εἶ τέλειος, ἁγνὸς καρδίαν, | |
| τὴν πρᾶξιν ἤδη μυστικῇ θεωρίᾳ | |
| σοφῶς ὑπερβὰς καὶ θεῷ προσεγγίσας. | |
| καὶ τὰς ἐκεῖθεν ἀστραπὰς δεδεγμένος, | |
| ἄνοιξον αὐτὴν καὶ μέτελθε γνησίως· | |
| δρέψῃ γὰρ ὄντως ὠφέλειαν, οὐ βλάβην, | |
| εἰς γνῶσιν ἐλθὼν μᾶλλον ἐκπρεπεστέραν, | |
| ἧσπερ μετέσχες Πνεύματος κοινωνίας· | |
| ἐλλάμψεων θείων τε μέτρα καὶ τρόπους | |
| Σαφῶς μυηθεὶς φωτὶ φῶς ἂν προσλάβοις· | |
| εἰ δ’ οὐκ ἀνὴρ τέλειος ἀκμὴν τυγχάνεις | |
| (τοῦ πνεύματός σοι φημὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν) | |
| οὔπω τε τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐκβὰς ἐνθέως | |
| τὴν ὑλικὴν παρῆλθες ἤδη δυάδα | |
| καὶ ταῖς ἀΰλοις γνωστικαῖς θεωρίαις | |
| γνωσθεὶς ἐπέγνως ἐν Θεῷ Θεὸν βλέπων, | |
| γνῶναι θελήσεις μηδαμῶς τὰ τῆς βίβλου, | |
| μήπως θέλων φῶς μᾶλλον εὑρήσεις φλόγα | |
| ἀπιστίᾳ φλέξει τε τὴν σὴν καρδίαν, | |
| ἢ καὶ βλαβήσῃ τοῦ νοός σου τὰς κόρας, | |
| πρὸς πᾶν ὅπερ πρόεισιν ἐξ αὐτῆς φάος | |
| οὐκ εὐτονήσας ἀντιβλέψαι γνησίως. |
| Title(s) | Βασιλείου ἀσηκρῆτις |
| Text source | A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 27-28 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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| Comment | The epigram is also preserved in the 16th-century manuscript Vat. gr. 1782 and the 18th-century manuscript Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu 18. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 24 |
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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, 655: "Basilius Asecretis, In laudem Symeonis Novi Thelogi" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5428 |
Last modified: 2020-12-14.
