Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5525
(formerly typ/3580)

	Ἥλων λέλυται σαρκίον ζωηφόρον,
	ἥλων ἀφεῖται τραυμάτων πεπληγμένων.
	ὢ πῶς ἀφηλῶν χεῖρας αὐτὰς καὶ πόδας
	ὁ Νικόδημος ὠχριᾷ τε καὶ τρέμει,
	ὢ πῶς Ἰωσὴφ παρθένῳ συνδακρύει.
	ἔμπνους ὁ νεκρός ἐστι, μὴ στέναζέ μοι·
	σοφίζεται γὰρ τὸν σοφιστὴν πανσόφως,
	ὅπως ἀφαρπάσειε τοὺς κρατουμένους
	καὶ τὸν κρατοῦντα ταρτάρῳ <ἐν> τῷ σκότει
	καὶ τὴν [ἀεὶ πληρώσαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ λύσιν.]

Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 643
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)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Theotokos
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	Hunger's apparatus: 4 ὠχριᾶται cod. \| 9 una syllaba deficit; ἐν e.g. suppl. \| 10 praeter καὶ τὴν nihil legi potest; versum exempli gratia supllevi
Translation(s)	The life-bringing flesh is set free from the nails, it is released from the wounds smitten by the nails. – Oh how these hands and feet are unnailed [from the cross]! – Nicodemus turns pale and shivers, [5] – Oh how does Joseph wail together with the Virgin! – The dead is alive, don’t bewail for me! He deceives the deceiver in the most ingenious way, so that he may snatch away both the subjects and the ruler in the dark of Tartaros [10] and complete the eternal release from death. 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: 1317 Von Nägeln frei das Fleisch, das Leben bringt, von Nägeln frei nach schwerer Wunden Schlag. Der Arm' und Beine von den Nägeln löst, Nikodemos, erbleicht und zittert schwer. Gemeinsam mit der Jungfrau weint Joseph. - Es lebt der Tote, laß das Seufzen sein! Den List'gen überlistet er voll List, um zu entreißen die Gefangenen und ihren Herrn in finstren Tartaros, [und sie aus ihm für immer zu befrein]. Language German Source(s) H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 643
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 102 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: 1316
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[22749] Ἥλων λέλυται σαρκίον ζωηφόρον [1251-1300] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] (f. 75v) (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, 307: "Gregorius ep. Corinthi, In Christi refixionem"
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