Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5533
(formerly typ/3587)

	Τοὺς τρεῖς μαθητὰς προσλαβὼν ὁ δεσπότης
	ὄρους ἀνῆλθεν εἰς βάσεις Θαβωρίου
	δεῖξαι θελήσας τὴν ἄφραστον οὐσίαν,
	ὡς ἦν ἐφικτὸν τοῖς φοροῦσι σαρκίον.
	ἄγει σὺν αὐτοῖς καὶ νόμου τοὺς προκρίτους
	ἐκ τῶν νεκάδων, ἐκ πυλῶν οὐρανίων.
	εἶτ’ ἀγλαὸν φῶς ἀστραπηβόλον μέγα
	ἤστραψε τὸ πρόσωπον ἡλίου πλέον,
	χιτῶνες ἐξέλαμπον αἴγλην φωσφόρον·
	νεκροὶ μαθηταὶ τῆς ξένης θεωρίας.

Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 646
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)	James the Great (apostle, son of Zebedee) (1-10 - 44) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John (apostle, son of Zebedee) (1st c.) Peter (apostle, saint) (1st c.) Transfiguration
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	Hunger's apparatus: 7 ἀστραπηβόλον ] cod. falso ἀστραποβόλον habet, quod prosodiae obstat neque usquam invenitur
Translation(s)	After having taken the three disciples with Him, the Lord ascended the foothills of Mount Thabor, for He wished to reveal [His] ineffable nature, to the extent this is possible for those wearing flesh. [5] In addition to them, He brings those chosen by the law from the flock of the dead out of heaven’s gates. Then splendid light hurls lightning flashes, his countenance brighter than the sun, the tunic flashes forth beaming light; [10] the disciples are terrified by the extraordinary spectacle. 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: 1321 Es nahm der Herr der Jünger drei mit sich und stief mit ihnen auf den Thaborberg. Sein unaussprechlich Wesen wollt' er zeigen, soweit dies möglich menschlicher Natur. Die Auserwählten aus der Toten Schar führt er mit ihnen aus dem Himmelstor. Da strahlte schimmernd Licht, wie mächt'ger Blitz, sein Antlitz stärker als der Sonne Glanz; die Kleider leuchteten wie strahlend Licht; die Jünger - tot vom wunderbaren Anblick. Language German Source(s) H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 646-647
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: 1320
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[22757] Τοὺς τρεῖς μαθητὰς προσλαβὼν ὁ δεσπότης [1251-1300] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] (f. 108v) (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, 797: "Gregorius ep. Corinthi, In transfigurationem"
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