Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24071
(formerly occ/8032)

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ἤν τίς ποταμὸ(ς) τῶ κροίσω χρυσορρόας
θησαυρὸ(ς) ἁβρὸ(ς) κ(αὶ) χορηγὸς χρυσίου
ψυχὴν ἀπολλὺς τὴν φιλόχρυσον φύσει :-
ἄλλος ποταμὸ(ς) οὗτο(ς) ὁ χρυσορρόας
λόγους ῥέων λάμποντ(ας) ὑπὲρ χρυσίον
ψυχὰς τὲ ῥωννὺς τὰς φιλοχρίστ(ους), πλέ(ον) :-
εἰ μὲν θέλ(εις) ἄνθρωπε πλίνθους χρυσίνους
ζηλῶν ἐκείνου τὴν φιλόχρυσον φρένα,
τῶ λιδικῶ πρόσελθε καὶ χρυσὸν λάβης :-
εἰ ψυχικόν δε ῥύπον ἐκπλύναι θέλεις
θηλῶν μάλιστα τ(ὰς) φιλοχρίστους φρέν(ας),
τούτω προσελθὼν ἀρύου χρυσοῦς λόγ(ους) :~
τοιοῦτο(ς) ἐστὶν οὗτο(ς) ὁ χρυσορρόας +++
Type(s) [6262] Ἦν τίς ποταμὸς τῷ Κροίσῳ χρυσορρόας (13 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 13th c.
Manuscript MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 110 (Vlad. 160) [9th-10th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 1r
Palaeographical information Written at the bottom of the folio in two columns, with the last verse in the middle of the line.
Contextual information The epigram precedes homilies of John Chrysostom.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://catalog.shm.ru/entity/OBJECT/176177?query=%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD.%20%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87.&sort=100&fund=21&index=0
Bibliography

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Number of verses 13
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Ioannis Vassis.

Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Lev Shadrin, Rachele Ricceri

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