Type 5718
(formerly typ/3747)
Αἰὼν ὁ μακρὸς ὥσπερ ἄνθη τοὺς λόγους | |
ἁπανταχοῦ γῆς ἔσχεν ἐσκεδασμένους, | |
ἀνθοῦντας, οὐ πέμποντας εὔπνοον χάριν. | |
Τὰ νῦν δὲ τούτοις εὐστεφὴς Κωνσταντῖνος | |
δρέψας, ἀγείρας ἐμμελεῖ μουσουργίᾳ | |
προύθηκε πᾶσιν θελκτικὴν εὐοσμίαν, | |
ὅσοις λόγου μέτεστιν, εὐώδεις λόγους. | |
Ὃν τοῖς λόγοις στέφοιμεν ὡς λόγων φίλον. | |
Ἀσυγκρίτως γὰρ ἐν μέδουσιν ἐκπρέπει, | |
λάμπων, προφαίνων χρηστότητα τοῦ κράτους | |
γίγας φεραυγὴς ὥσπερ ἡλίος φάος | |
ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν, εὐνόοις θ’ ὑπηκόοις. | |
Οὐκοῦν βοάτω πρὸς θεὸν πᾶς τις μέροψ· | |
'Τιθωνὸν αὐτὸν δεῖξον ἄλλον ἐν χρόνοις, | |
ὡς ἂν τὰ λῷστα τῷ βίῳ συνεισφέροι.' |
Title(s) | Ἴαμβοι σημαίνοντες τὴν βασιλικὴν ἀγωγήν |
Text source | A. Németh, 2018, The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past, Cambridge: 268-269 |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Critical text |
Genre(s) | |
Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
Subject(s) | Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos (May 905 - 09/11/959) - PBW: Konstantinos/7/ - PMBZ: 25888: "Personenkennziffer: 23734" |
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Critical Notes | Critical apparatus taken from Németh (2018: 269). BW = Büttner-Wobst’s conjectures; Salmasius = the iambic poem in Parisinus gr. 2550, f. 120r, copied by Claude Saumaise (1588–1653); C = Carpentras, BM (Bibliothèque Inguimbertine), 1774, ff. 121r-122r 3 Ἁπανταχοῦ ] ἀπανταχοῦ Salmasius 4 εὔπνοον ] εὐπνόον Salmasius 7 πᾶσιν ] πᾶσιν Salmasius, BW – πᾶσι C, Valesius 9 στέφοιμεν ] C, Salmasius, Valesius – στέφωμεν corr. Dindorf, BW 12 φεραυγὴς ] φεραυγῆς Valesius – φεραυγὴς C, Salmasius, Dindorf; ἡλίος ] ἡλίου Dindorf, BW, del. C – ἡλίος C, Salmasius 16 συνεισφέροι ] συνεισφέρει C |
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Comment | The epigram also occurs in the 17th-century manuscript Carpentras, Bibliothèque Inguimbertine, 1774 (ff. 121r-122r), where it precedes the "Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis" and it is followed by a Latin version. The 17th-century manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 2550 (f. 120r) also preserves this text. |
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Number of verses | 15 |
Occurrence(s) |
[23002] Αἰὼν ὁ μακρὸς ὥσπερ ἄνθη τοὺς λόγους
[11th c.]
TOURS - Bibliothèque Municipale 980 [951-975] () (15 verses) |
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 24: "In laudem Constantini VII Porphyrogeniti" |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5718 |
Last modified: 2023-03-22.