Type 5975
(formerly typ/3969)

Δέχνυσο ἡμετέροιο πόνου ἐριούνιον ὕφος
εὐμορ’ ἐμῶν προπόλων πολέων κυδέστατε πασῶν.
Πλὴν εὐήτριον ἐκ Σταγείρης νήματ’ ἔνεικε,
ταρρὰ καὶ εὐφυέως ξυγκερκίσαι ἤθελον αὐτὸν
ὥς κεν εὐπλοκίης, μηδ’ ὅσον τυτθὰ λίπαιτο.
Καί κεν ἀεικελίης μεταμώλια νήματ’ ὄλωνται,
ἔμπης δ’ αὖτε καθ’ ἡμέτερον νόον οὔτι γ’ ἔλειψεν,
ἔργον ὅπως πυκάσαιμι ὑπέρτερον ἀσχολίης τεῦ.
Ἐντὸς ἀπάστοσύνης ἱερῶν τετελεσμένον εἰδῶν
πρώτῃ τῇδε μεταγραφίης μάλα νήιδι δέλτῳ.
Τῷ καὶ ὅσον τύχε συντελίης δόμα ὑψόθεν ἕστω.
Ὅσσον δ’ αὖτ’ ἀπέκυρσεν ἁμαρτάδος ἦεν ἐμοῖο.
Text source J. Migne, 1891, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 143), Paris: 419-420
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
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Person(s)
Poet
Georgios Pachymeres (1241 - 1301-1325) - RGK: II.89, III.115 - PLP: IX.22186
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
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Tag(s) Reference to content of the book
Comment The epigram is preserved in the 16th-century manuscripts Scorialensis R. I. 10 (f. 8v), Scorialensis X. II. 17 (f. 11v), Madrid BNE 4601 (f. 7v) and Madrid BNE 4737 (f. 13v).
Bibliography
Number of verses 12
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 142: "Georg. Pachymeres, In Philosophiam"
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