Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5528
(formerly typ/3583)

	Ὁ ζῶν ἀνέστη· ξένιον τοῦτο ξένον
	τὸ σαρκὶ θνητῇ συγκραθῆναι τὸν Λόγον.
	τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα συντρέχει παραυτίκα·
	νεκροὶ τρέχουσιν οἱ πάλαι σεσηπότες,
	χαλκαὶ πύλαι πίπτουσι συντεθλασμέναι·
	παγὶς συνετρίβη γὰρ ἡ τοῦ θανάτου
	καὶ πάντες ἐρρύσθημεν ἐκ τῶν μνημάτων.
	Ποῦ σου τὸ νῖκος καὶ τὸ κέντρον, ὦ δράκον;
	ποῦ σου τὰ κλεῖθρα καὶ σιδήριοι πύλαι;
	ἀπηνθρακώθης προσβαλὼν τῷ δεσπότῃ.

Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 644
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) Resurrection
Tag(s)	Death Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	Hunger's apparatus: 8 δράκον ] ο ex corr. (ω) cod.
Translation(s)	He is risen alive! This is an extraordinary gift: the unificication of the Word with the mortal! All the other things are immediately and in every respect in harmony; the long-ago decayed dead are running, [5] the bronze gates fall down completely destroyed; Death’s snare was crushed and we have all been released from [our] graves. O serpent, where is your victory and where is your sting? Where are your fences and metal gates? [10] You were burned because you encountered the Lord. 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: 1319 Der Herr erstand! ein wunderbar Geschenk: Der Logos mit sterblichem Fleisch vereint! Und alles andre läuft sofort konform: Die längst verfaulten Toten kommen schnell; zerschlagen liegen da die eh'rnen Tore; des Todes Falle ist nun eingestürzt, und alle sind wir aus dem Grab befreit. Wo ist Dein Sieg und wo Dein Stachel, Schlange? Wo Deine Schlösser und Türen aus Erz? Verkohlt bist Du, der mit dem Herrn gekämpft. Language German Source(s) H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 644
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 103 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: 1318
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[22751] Ὁ ζῶν ἀνέστη· ξένιον τοῦτο ξένον [1251-1300] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] (f. 93v) (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, 510: "Gregorius ep. Corinthi, In Christi resurrectionem"
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