Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5564
(formerly typ/3634)

	Ἔγνων ὁ ποιὸν ἐστι δεινὸν ὁ φθόνος
	ἄνθρωπε λοιπὸν φεῦγε τούτου τὸν λύμην
	ὡς κλήρον εὔροις οὐρανῶν κατοικίαν
	ἐκ τῶν ἀκάνθων συλλέγει τίς καὶ ῥόδα.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15, 61-67: 65 DBBE (last accessed: 2021-11-13).
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22833] Ἔγνως ὁποῖόν ἐστι δεινὸν ὁ φθόνος [1326-1375] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 19,2° [1326-1375] (f. 13r) (4 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.
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Last modified: 2019-07-01.