Type 5499
(formerly typ/3553)

Ὀφθαλμὸς ὀφθεὶς δογμάτων Γρηγόριε
Ἀπομματώσας αἱρετιζόντων φρένας
Τῆς ἑπταφώτου λυχνίας τῶν δογμάτων
Βάσις πέφυκας ἀσφαλὴς Γρηγόριε.
Title(s) Στίχοι εἰς τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἁγίου
Text source V. Somers 1999, Quelques poèmes en l'honneur de S. Grégoire de Nazianze: édition critique, traduction et commentaire, Byzantion, 69, 528-564: 550-551
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
George of Pisidia < Asia Minor < Turkey (7th c.) - PBE: 2801 - PMBZ: 13114: "Personenkennziffer: 2004"
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Tag(s) Praise of the author
Translation(s) Vers sur l'image du Saint.
[Toi] qu'on voit [comme[ l'oeil des doctrines, Grégoire,
[Toi] qui as rend aveugle l'esprit de hérétiques,
De la lampe aux sept lumières des doctrines,
Tu constitues la base sûre, Grégoire.
Language
French
Source(s)
V. Somers 1999, Quelques poèmes en l'honneur de S. Grégoire de Nazianze: édition critique, traduction et commentaire, Byzantion, 69, 528-564: 552
Comment Critical text by Somers (1999: 550).

The epigram seems to be a contamination of two different epigrams by George of Pisidia:

Ὀφθαλμὸς ὤφθης Γρηγόριε τῶν δογμάτων
ἀπομματώσας αἱρετιζόντων φρένας.

and

Τῆς ἑπταφώτου λυχνίας τῶν δογμάτων
Πυρσοὺς ἀνάπτων αἱρέσεις καταφλέγεις.
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 583: "Georg. Pisides, In s. Gregorium Theologum"
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