Type 6321
(formerly typ/4276)

Οὐδεὶς μὲν χειρὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἀντλῆσαι,
ἀνθρώπων ἀμήχανον ὅλως, πειρᾶται.
Βασίλειον οὕτω γε τὸν μέγαν γνώσει·
λαβεῖν εἰς τέλος ἰσχύσει ἐν σοφίᾳ.
Text source S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15(1), 61-67: 63
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Tag(s)
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [17288] οὐδεὶς μὲν χειρὶ τὴν θάλασ|σαν ἀντλῆσαι [976-1000]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2056 [976-1000] (f. 60v)
(4 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 562: "In s. Basilii homiliam in Psalmum"
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