| Στίχοι τῆς αὐτῆς ἑορτῆς | |
| Βρέφος παλαιῶν ἡμερῶν ὁ πρεσβύτης | |
| νῦν Συμεὼν γέγηθεν ἠγκαλισμένος. | |
| τὸ πῦρ λαβὼν γὰρ λαβίδος τῆς παρθένου | |
| ἄφλεκτός ἐστι, λάμπεται φέγγει λέγων· | |
| «ἰδοὺ τὸ λύτρον ἦλθε τῆς οἰκουμένης, | |
| ἰδοὺ τὸ φῶς ἔλαμψε τοῖς ἐν τῷ σκότει. | |
| τοῦτο κραταιὸν τῶν κραταιῶν τὸ βρέφος, | |
| καταθλάσσει δὲ καὶ πύλας τοῦ θανάτου | |
| καὶ τοὺς ἐν Ἅιδῃ τῶν βρόχων ἐξελκύει.» |
| Type(s) | [5519] Βρέφος παλαιῶν ἡμερῶν ὁ πρεσβύτης (9 verses) |
| Text source | |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 1251-1300 |
| Manuscript | VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 37v |
| Contextual information | The epigram follows immediately after the Commentary of Gregorios Pardos on the canon of Kosmas the Melodist on the Meeting of Lord (Ὑπαπαντή). |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) |
| Comment | Hunger's apparatus criticus: 8 καταθλάσσει prosodia neglecta habet cod; sed fururum καταθλάσει non aliter ac ἐξελκύσει in versu sequenti (ubi σ evanuit) sine dubio scribendum. f. 37v. ζήτει τοὺς στίχους κάτωθεν. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 9 |
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Last modified: 2019-09-04.
