Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5517
(formerly typ/3574)

	Τὸ φῶς τὸ θεῖον τὸ φλογίζον κακίαν,
	ὁ πάντα ποιῶν καὶ κινῶν θείῳ λόγῳ,
	οὗτος βροτωθεὶς ἐξ ἄκρας εὐσπλαγχνίας
	ῥείθροις προσῆλθεν ἀρρεπῶς Ἰορδάνου
	Ἰωάννου μέγιστον ἱερὸν λύχνον
	φωτισμὸν αἰτῶν, ὁ πλάσας ἅπαν φάος.
	Βαπτίζεται δέ, μαρτυρεῖ Πατὴρ ἄνω·
	κάτω τὸ Πνεῦμα φαίνεται λύσιν φέρον·
	νῦν γὰρ Τριὰς ἤστραψε τὴν θείαν χάριν
	ἅπαν καταυγάζουσα πλήρωμα κόσμου.

Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 639-640
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Gregory Pardos (1070-1156) (episkopos of Korinthos < Corinthia < Peloponnesos < Greece)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Holy Spirit Holy Trinity Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.) Jordan (river)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	The divine light that burns the evil, the one who creates and steers everything through His divine Word, became mortal because of His most deep compassion, [and] came determined to the Jordan river [5] asking John for the great holy Light, He who created the entire light! He is baptized, the Father bears witness from on high; the spirit appears down here on earth to confirm it. [10] For now the Trinity flashed her divine Grace, illuminating flashes forth the entire fulfilment of the world. Language English Source(s) N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1315 Licht Gottes, das das Böse brennend tilgt, der alles wirkt, mit seinem Logos treibt, ist Mensch geworden aus dem tiefsten Mitleid. An Jordans Fluten kam er voller Ruhe, bat des Johannes großes, heiliges Licht um Taufe, er, der alles Licht erschuf! Er wird getauft, bezeugt vom Vater droben; der Geist erscheint hienieden end erklärt es. Göttliche Gnade strahlt die Trinität, die nun des Kosmos FÜlle ganz erhellt. Language German Source(s) H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 639-640
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 100 N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1314
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[22739] Τὸ φῶς τὸ θεῖον τὸ φλογίζον κακίαν [1251-1300] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] (f. 23r) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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 2005, 800: "Gregorius ep. Corinthi, In s. Theophania"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5517

Last modified: 2023-01-06.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.