Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6703
(formerly typ/4603)

	Πενία, πλοῦτος βάρος, αἰσχύνη δόξης,
	τὰ κάλλιστα μὲν τοῖς ποθήσασι λίαν,
	τἀναντία δὲ τοῖς ἐναντιουμένοις.

Text source	E. Lappa-Zizica, M. Rizou-Kouroupou, 1991, Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη (10ος-16ος αἰ.), Athens: 68
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Dionysios (14th c.) (monachos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Hymnography Thekaras
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Comment	For the identification of the poet with Dionysios, cf. Getov (2007: 36). The poem also occurs in the 16th-century manuscript Athens, Mouseio Benaki, Kuriaze 13 (f. 261v).
Bibliography	Primary P. Skaltsis (ed.), 2008, Θηκαρᾶς. Στίχοι εἰς τοὺς θείους Ὕμνους. Διονυσίου καὶ Μητροφάνους, Περὶ τῶν Ὕμνων. Θηκαρᾶ Μοναχοῦ, Λόγοι περὶ πίστεως, Ἑρμηνεία τῶν Ὕμνων, ̔Ωρολόγιον τῶν θείων Ὕμνων, Ἀσκητικὴ Ἀκολουθία, Χαροποιὰ Πένθη. Θεοδούλου Μοναχοῦ, Διήγησις καὶ Ἀνθολόγιον περὶ τῶν Ὕμνων, Mount Athos: 4 Secondary D. Getov, 2007, A Catalogue of Greek Liturgical Manuscripts in the "Ivan Dujčev Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies", Rome: 36
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[25106] NA [1351-1400] SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 1 [1351-1375] (f. 261v) (? verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 611: "Theodosius mon., In Thecaram"
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