Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3009
(formerly typ/1111)

Καὶ τί τῶν ὄντων· οὕτως ἥδιον πέλει
Ἢ λυσιτελὲς ἢ ποθεινὸν ἢ θεῖον
Οὔκουν οὐδέν γε ὡς τῶν εὐαγγελίων
Πυκτὶς ἡ θεσπέσιος καὶ τρισολβία·
Θεσμῶν γὰρ καὶ δογμάτων τε καὶ θαυμάτων.
Ἐξαίσιον τὸ κάλλος φέρει καὶ ὕψος
Νᾶμα δὲ ὥσπερ· νεκταρῶδες τὸν μύθον
Βλύζει τὸν σωτήριον καὶ ζωηφόρον
Καὶ τί δεῖ φράζειν ταύτης πάντα κατ’ εἶδος
Θεὸν παριστᾶ δι’οἶκτον βροτοθέντα
Φύσιν τε διαρθρόντα τὴν ἀνθρωπεῖαν
Ὡς γ' οῦν ἄχραντον ἱεράν τε καὶ θεῖαν
Ἔγωγε λέων ὁ χθαμαλὸς ζεούση·
ψυχὴ καὶ γνώμη ταύτην ἐπἐκτησάμην
τὰ ἔσω τε καὶ ἔξω καθ᾽ὡραΐσας
Υἱῷ φιλτάτῳ καὶ ἐμοὶ βασιλείῳ·
ταύτην δωροῦμαι φιλοτίμως καὶ νέμω
Εἰς σκέπην εἰς φρούρησιν εἰς σωτηρίαν·
Αὐτοῦ καὶ συντήρησιν πάντας αἰῶνας·
Ἕβδομον δ᾽ ἦγεν· ὁ αἰὼν τότε ἔτος ·
Καὶ τριακοστὸν· ἐξακοσιοστόν τε
Καὶ χιλιάδας· ἓξ προδιηνυσμένας
Ὅτε δακτύλοις θεοδώρου ἐξύσθη
Ἀλητροῦ εὐτελοὺς τε καὶ ἐλαχίστου·
Εἰς δόξαν πατρὸς υἱοῦ τὲ καὶ τοῦ θείου·
Πνεύματος ἅμα· καὶ ψυχῆς σωτηρίαν·
Λέοντος λαμπροῦ· τοῦ καὶ κτήτορος αὐτῆς
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Gospel
Tag(s) Dedication
Comment Vassis gives the incipit not from the beginning but from the middle of the poem, either as 'Ἔγωγε Λέων ὁ χθαμαλὸς ζεούσῃ', based on Lake (III, 15) and Euangelatou Notara (1982: 197), or as 'Ὡς γοῦν ἄχραντον ἱεράν τε καὶ θεῖαν', based on Krumbacher (1909: 402) (see also Mercati 1970: I.621).
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Number of verses 27
Occurrence(s) [18722] Καὶ τί τῶν ὄντων· οὕτ(ως) | ἥδιον πέλει [1128]
ATHOS - Mone Esphigmenou 25 [1128-1129] (f. 274r)
(15 verses)
Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 896: "Subscriptio possessoris libri (Ath. Esph. 25)"
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