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Type 1901
(formerly typ/27)

	Ἀρχιερεὺς Ἐφέσοιο θεηγόρος ἐκ Θεοῦ εἶπεν
	πρῶτος Ἰωάννης, ὡς Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος.

Title(s)	Εἰς Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀπόστολον
Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 165
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	On John the apostle The high priest of Ephesus, John the theologian, was the first who said from God that the Word was God. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, M. A. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 53 C'est le pontife d'Éphèse, le porte-parole de Dieu, Jean, qui le premier a dit de la part de Dieu que le Verbe était dieu. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 34 Der von Gott her mit göttlicher Inspiration sprechende Erzpriester von Ephesos Johannes sagte als erster, dass der Logos Gott war. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 165 Auf den Apostel Johannes Bischof von Ephesos war er, der gottesgelehrte Johannes, der als erster von Gott sagte: "Das WORT war der Gott". Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 159 Summus Antistes Ephesi divinus praeco a Deo afflatus dixit Primus Joannes, quod Deus erat Verbum. Language Latin Source(s) B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 248
Comment	This poem belongs to a cycle of epigrams for the evangelists. Nelson (1980) sustains that the poem cannot have been written before 800 (see Lauxtermann (2003: 358)).
Bibliography	Primary H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 158-159 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 273 M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 346 W. Paton, M. A. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 52-53 P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 34 Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 357-358
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17345] ἀρχιερεὺς ἐφεσιο θεηγόρος ἐκ θ(εο)ῦ \| εἶπεν [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 12 (Eustratiades 12) [14th c.] (f. 217v) (2 verses) [21446] ἀρχιερεὺς ἐφεσίοθεν θεηγόρος ἐκ θ(εο)ῦ εἶπεν [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 195 [10th c.] (f. 349v) (2 verses)
Related type(s)	[1896] Ἀθανάτου βιότοιο τελεσφόρα ἔργματα Χριστοῦ (2 verses) (Same cycle) [1910] Γράψε Θεοῦ σαρκώσιος ἔξοχα θαύματα πάντα (2 verses) (Same cycle) [2040] Οὐ κατ' ἐπωνυμίην Αἰγύπτιον ἔλλαχε λαόν (2 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, I.80 BEiÜ IV, FR39 Vassis ICB 2005, 82: "In s. Ioannem apost"
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