Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3386
(formerly typ/1525)

	Καὶ δευτέρας δέδεξο βροντὰς ὑψόθεν
	Τὰς δογματικὰς ἀστραπὰς φρίξας τέως
	Βέλτιστε Κληδόνιε· καὶ γὰρ ὁ γράφων
	Ἐκχεῖ μετ᾽ ἀκμῆς γνωστικὴν ἐπομβρίαν.

Text source	E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 353
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Cledonius the Priest (4th c.) Law Philosophy Prophet(s)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the reader Education Introduction to the subject Maritime metaphor Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 246
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24439] (καὶ) δευτέρας δέδεξο βροντὰς ὑψόθεν [August 1326] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326] (f. 366r) (4 verses) [19273] Καὶ δευτέρας δέδεξο βροντ(ὰς) ὑψόθ(εν) [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 274v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 374: "Manuel Philes, In Greg. Nazianzeni epist. 102 ad Cledonium II"
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Last modified: 2025-06-24.