Type 2140
(formerly typ/195)
| Ὡς μαργάρους δέδωκε Ματθαῖος λόγους, | |
| πλοῦτον νοητὸν χριστιανικῷ στίφει· | |
| ὃν καὶ κρατοῦντες ἔνδον ἐν στέρνοις, φίλοι, | |
| κόσμον φύγωμεν καὶ ματαίας φροντίδας | |
| ἐκεῖνος ὥσπερ τῶν τελωνῶν τὴν λύμην, | |
| καὶ πρὸς χαρὰν δράμωμεν Χριστῷ ἐν τάχει. |
| Text source | E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 151 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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| Critical Notes | 1 δέδωκε ] δώδεκα Kominis |
| Translation(s) | Come perle diede Matteo discorsi, ricchezza spirituale per la schiera cristiana; questa dunque serbando dentro al petto, amici, fuggiamo il mondo e i vani pensieri, come quegli la sozzura dei publicani, e verso la gioia corriamo a Cristo in fretta. |
| Comment | One more occurrence of the epigram is preserved in the ms. Vat. gr. 2561, f. 1v, where the poem was added by Nikolaos Zampelis' hand in 1620 (see Canart (2010: 326)). |
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| Number of verses | 6 |
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Last modified: 2026-01-07.
