Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5578
(formerly typ/3632)

	Τὸν ἡθικὸν δέξασθε χαίροντες λόγον,
	φαιδρῶς, ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ μεγίστου ποιμένος,
	κοσμεῖ τε τοῖσδε σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν ἅμα
	ὁ πρῶτος εὐφραίνει με βλυστάνων χάριν.

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 Spiritual value 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)	[22831] Τὸν ἡθικὸν δέξασθε χαίροντ(ες) λόγ(ον) [1326-1375] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 19,2° [1326-1375] (f. 2v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 775: "In s. Basilii homiliam adversus usurarios"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5578

Last modified: 2019-07-01.