Type 3454
(formerly typ/1585)
| Πρώτου φάους ὢν δεύτερον θεῖον σέλας | |
| τρίτου φωτὸς φώτιζε τὸν τριττὸν ζόφον | |
| καὶ τὴν τετρακτὺν τῶν θυρῶν τὴν πεντάδα, | |
| τὴν μὲν χαλίνου, τὴν δὲ σωφρονῶν δίδου. | |
| Τῆς ἑξάδος γοῦν τὴν διπλῆν ἀταξιαν | |
| μερῶν μελῶν τε μὴ δυσέβδομον θέσιν | |
| πρὸς τάξιν ἰθύνειας ἐν τῷ σῷ σθένει. |
| Title(s) | Εἰς τὸν ἄγγελον |
| Text source | E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 426 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Image-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Translation(s) |
In angelum. Primae lucis cum-sis secundum ex-deo jubar, tertio lumine illumina triplices tenebras et tetractyn portarum et pentada, hanc frena, illam, utpote prudens, concede. Hexadis igitur duplicem perturbationem, partium membrorumque ne bis-septimam positionem ad ordinem regas in tuo robore. |
| Comment | = Anth. Gr. Append. IV.143 The epigram is also to be found in the MS Madrid, BNE 4715 (https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/cote/40191/), a. 1552, f. 151r. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined
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| Number of verses | 7 |
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Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 653: "Nicetas David Paphlago*, In Michaelem arch. custodem animae" |
| Permalink | https://dbbe.ugent.be/types/3454 |
Last modified: 2022-08-17.
