Type 6601
(formerly typ/4503)

Κάραι πέντε πέφυκαν, ὧν ἴσμεν πάντες·
μιᾶς λιπούσης οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι πεντάδος
τετρὰς δὲ μᾶλλον εὐσεβῶς ἡρμοσμέναις.
Νόει τὸ θεῖον καὶ λιπάρει ἐκεῖθεν
στέργειν τὴν συνάφειαν καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην,
ἣν ἐπεκτείνονται καὶ λαμπρύνονται πλέον.
✝Ἱνιᾶμαι✝ λοιπὸν καὶ φλογίζει τὸν τόνον
ἡ τῆς μιᾶς ἔκστασις καὶ οὐκ ἀνέχει.
Ἐξ αὐτῆς γὰρ τίκτεται πολλὰ τὲ πάθη,
ἔρις, ζῆλος, αὔχημα, γαυρίαμά τε.
Οὐ βούλετ’ αὖθις ἐπιστροφὴν ποιῆσαι
καὶ θεὸν παντάνακτα ἐξιλεῶσαι,
ἀλλ’ ὧς Ἰοῦδας τὴν ἀγχόνην ἀνάπτει,
ἕως οὗ Τάρταρον ἐλθὼν εἰς χάος βάλῃ·
χαρὰ δὲ πάλιν μενουσῶν τῶν τεσσάρων.
Ἴθι λοιπόν, βίαζε εὑρεῖν τὸ θεῖον·
ἐγὼ δὲ μενῶ καὶ δέχομαι αὐτὰς γάρ
καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν προδίδω μοι καὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις
καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου ἀποκαθαίρω.
Καὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς τύχει μοι τῆς τοῦ δεσπότου
εὐχαῖς ἁγίων ἅπαντας εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
Text source R. Stefec 2014, Ramenta carminum byzantinorum, Byzantinoslavica, 72(1-2), 340-349: 348-349
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
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Michael Souliardos of Nauplion < Argolis < Peloponnesos < Greece Argeios - RGK: I.286, II.392, III.468 - VGH: 318.B
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Comment Four verses (vv. 6, 7, 18, 21) have thirteen instead of twelve syllables.
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Number of verses 21
Occurrence(s) [24899] Κάραι πέντε πέφυκαν ὣν ἵσμεν πάντες [1486]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 3048 [1486] (f. 90r-90v)
(21 verses)
Acknowledgements Information on the type courtesy of Krystina Kubina.

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 399: "Michael Suliardus, De quinque capitibus ecclesiae"
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