Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24720
(formerly occ/8700)

	+ ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν
	ὡς οὐκ ἐπλασθης \| ἐν γυνεκὸς κοιλία.
	ἀλλ᾿ ἀγγέλοις μάλιστα συντεταγ\|μένος,
	ἄνωθεν ἦλθες ἐκ πόλου φύσις ξένη· \|
	βροτοῖς ἀπαγγέλουσα πάντα πρὸς μέρος.
	τὰ \| τῶν ἀγγέλων τάγματα ὅπως ἔχει

Type(s)	[3119] Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th-15th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 26 [29/01/1348]
Place in Manuscript	(gen.) Flyleaf
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in a different hand from the following text. Therefore, the date is unknown.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Comment	The epigram repeats part of the epigram by Christophoros Mitylenaios that is found on f. 1r, with some variants.
Image source(s)	http://teca.bmlonline.it/ImageViewer/servlet/ImageViewer?idr=TECA0000608064&keyworks=plut.05.26#page/20/mode/1up
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19150] ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [29/01/1348] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 26 [29/01/1348] (f. 1r) (10 verses) (6/6) [18921] Ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ κ(αὶ) λέγ(ειν) [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 10 [13th c.] (f. 4r) (10 verses) (6/6) [18943] Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [14th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 5 [1326-1375] (f. 2v) (10 verses) (6/6) [22917] Ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - suppl. gr. 1 [14th c.] (f. 5r) (10 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Sien De Groot Transcriber(s) Sien De Groot Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri
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