Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6732
(formerly typ/4630)

	Ἀκροπολίτης εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος,
	τὴν ἀξίαν δὲ καὶ μέγας λογοθέτης,
	λόγον προσάγω τῷ πατρὶ Γερασίμῳ∙
	θῆρας νοητοὺς ἀπερύκειν μου θέλων.

Text source	H. Delehaye 1933, Constantini Acropolitae, hagiographi byzantini, epistularum manipulus, Analecta Bollandiana, 51, 263-284: 266
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gerasimos (saint) (5th c.) Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Tag(s)	Self-presentation
Critical Notes	Absence of punctuation in Delehaye (1933: 266), added by DBBE.
Comment	Vassis (2005: 436) also refers to the exact same epigram (cf. his reference to Kalatzi (2001: 510 n.20)) under the incipit Λόγον προσάγω τῷ πατρὶ Γερασίμῳ. Text source Delehaye (1933: 266) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary M. Kalatzi 2001, Un discours inédit de Constantin Acropolite en l'honneur des saints martyrs Florus et Laurus, Byzantion, 71, 505-516: 510 M. Treu 1892, Νέος κῶδιξ τῶν ἔργων τοῦ μεγάλου λογοθέτου Κωνσταντίνου Ἀκροπολίτου, Δελτίον τῆς Ἱστορικῆς καὶ Ἐθνολογικῆς Ἑταιρείας τῆς Ἑλλάδος, 4, 35-50: 39
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[25203] ἀ(...)τ(ης) (...)ὐσ(...) (...) [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.] (f. 123v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 27: "In sermonem suum in s. Gerasimum" Vassis ICB 2005, 436: "In sermonem suum in s. Gerasimum"
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