Type 36793

Εἰ μὴ θεὸς σώσειε δεινῶν, εἰς μάτην
σπεύδει φυγεῖν τις τοὺς ἀνηκέστους πόνους·
πάντων γὰρ αὐτὸς προστάτης τε καὶ φύλαξ·
τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν ὄγδοος πέπεικέ με.
Text source G. Bady 2021, Les vers inédits sur les Psaumes transmis sous le nom de Nicétas Chartophylax, in R. Ceulemans, B. Crostini Lappin (eds.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium. Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers, Uppsala, 207-258: 251
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Niketas (12th c.) (chartophylax of Hagia Sophia < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, metropolites of Thessaloniki < Central Macedonia < Greece)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Psalter
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Si Dieu ne sauve pas des terribles dangers, en vain
s’efforce-t-on d’échapper aux peines incurables,
car c’est lui le protecteur et gardien de tous :
le huitième des montées m’en a persuadé.
Language
French
Source(s)
G. Bady 2021, Les vers inédits sur les Psaumes transmis sous le nom de Nicétas Chartophylax, in R. Ceulemans, B. Crostini Lappin (eds.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium. Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers, Uppsala, 207-258: 250
Comment On the authorship of this cycle of poems, see Bady (2021: 221-223).
The epigram also occurs in Par. gr. 1630 (f. 221v), where it does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [36795] ει μ(...) θ(εο)ς σωσει(...) δειν(...) εις ματ(...) [13th c.]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088] (f. 220v)
(4 verses)
Related type(s)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 875: "Nicetas Chartophylax, In Psalmos"
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