Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5521
(formerly typ/3578)

	Ἄνω θρόνος φέρει σε καὶ πῶλος κάτω·
	ἐμὴν φορεῖς γὰρ εἰκόνα, πλαστουργέ μου,
	τὴν ἀσθένειαν, τὰς νόσους ἐπενδύῃ,
	ἄλγη διώκεις καὶ νεκροὺς Ἅιδου φέρεις·
	νεκρὸς τεταρταῖός τε Λάζαρος τρέχει.
	Ζώντων δὲ πάντων καὶ νεκρῶν κρατῶν, λόγε,
	πραῢς βασιλεὺς πρὸς Σιὼν ἔρχῃ πόλιν.
	Παῖδες κλάδους σείουσιν, ὑμνοῦσι βρέφη,
	λαοὶ χιτῶνας στρωννύουσιν εἰς ἕδος,
	πόλις κλονεῖται, σείεται πᾶσα κτίσις.

Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 641-642
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Gregory Pardos (1070-1156) (episkopos of Korinthos < Corinthia < Peloponnesos < Greece)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Lazaros
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	Hunger's apparatus: 9 ἕδος ] ὁδόν, quod exspectamus, noster metri causa evitavit
Translation(s)	A throne carries you in heaven, while a donkey (carries you) on the earth; for, my creator, you put on my image, imbued with its weaknesses [and] diseases, you send away the sufferings and bring back the dead from Hades; [5] And even Lazarus, who was dead for four days, runs. O Word, you who rule over both the living and dead, you come as a gentle King to the city of Sion. The youths wave branches, the children sing praises, the crowds spread tunics on the way, [10] the city shakes, [and] the entire creation quakes. Language English Source(s) N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1317 Dich trägt der Himmelsthron - und hier das Füllen! Mein Schöpfer, der Du ja mein Bildnis trägst, mit Schwäche und mit Krankheiten dazu, Du stillst das Leid, führst Tote aus dem Hades: Drei Tage - Lazarus, der Tote, geht! Logos, der Lebenden und Toten Herr, Du kommst als milder König nach Sion. Die Knaben schwenken Zweige, Kinder jubeln, das Volk breitet die Kleideri auf den Weg; die Stadt ist auf, die ganze Schöpfung bebt. Language German Source(s) H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 642
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 101 N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1316
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[22743] Ἄνω θρόνος φέρει σε καὶ πῶλος κάτω [1251-1300] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] (f. 53r) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 63: "Gregorius ep. Corinthi, In dominicam palmarum"
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