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Occurrence 17290
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	+ ἡ γνῶσις ὄντως τῶν σοφῶν δι\|δαγμάτων: \|
	ὁ νοῦς ὁ θεῖος, ὁ στερέμνιος \| στύλος: \|
	ἡ κρηπὶς αὖθις τῆς \| σοφῆς ἐκκλησίας: \|
	καὶ πυρσολαμπὴς λύ\|χνος ὡραϊσμένος: \|
	ἅπαντα βασίλειος ταῦτα \| προσγράφει: \|
	ἡμᾶς ἀνασπῶν ἐκ φά\|ρυγγος τοῦ πλάνου: \|
	καὶ προσκομίζων τῶι \| θ(ε)ῶ καὶ δεσπότη: \|
	τοῖς ἠθικοῖς μάλιστα τού\|του χωρίοις: \|
	οἷς γάρ τις ἐμμελῶς γε \| προσδιατρίβει: \|
	περιφρονεῖ κόσμου τε \| κ(αὶ) τῶν τοῦ βίου: \|\|
	καὶ νοῦν πτερώσας πρὸς \| ἀνέκφραστον θέαν: \|
	ἐκεῖνα πάμπαν ἐννοεῖ \| καθ' ἡμέραν: \|
	ὧν τὴν σχέσιν σύνοικο(ν) \| ἔσχεν ἐν βίω: \|
	μὴ δὴ παραβλέψωμεν \| ὧδε νῦν φίλοι: \|
	λόγου παραινέσεις τε θεί\|ου ποιμένος:· \|
	ὅπως ἐκεῖθεν μὴ πα\|ροφθῶμεν πλέον+

Type(s)	[5199] ἡ γνῶσις ὄντως τῶν σοφῶν διδαγμάτων (16 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 56 (coll. 456) [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 317v-318r
Contextual information	The epigram is written after the Moralia of Basil of Caesarea.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Bibliography	Primary F. Bernard, K. Demoen 2019, Book epigrams, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas, W. Hörandner (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Leiden, 404-429: 421-422 E. Mioni, 1981, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 1-299 (vol. 1), Rome: 81 S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15, 61-67: 66-67
Number of verses	16
Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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