Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2314
(formerly typ/369)

	Ὡς ἄγαμαί σου τῆς γραφῆς, Πυθαγόρα,
	σοφῶς γεμούσης, ἀρετῶν πασῶν τύπον,
	ὡς ὑπερεξῄρησαν τῶν φιλοσόφων,
	ὡς ὑπερηκόντισας ἐν παραινἐσει
	τὴν Πυκιμήδην καὶ σοφὸν Φωκυλίδην.
	πλὴν άλλ' ἐπομνύοντα τῇ τετρακτύϊ
	καταγελῶ σου τοὺς κενοὺς τούτους κόπους·
	τριαδικὴν γὰρ παριδὼν ἐξουσίαν,
	ποιητικὴν δή φημι τῆς τετρακτούος,
	τὴν τετρακτὸν ἔστερξας ὡς πανταιτίαν.
	βλέπων γὰρ οὐκ ἔβλεψας ὡς Δαυὶδ λέγει.

Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manouel Melissenos - PLP: VII.17822
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Comment	Romano (1981-1982: 261) edits the text relying also on a seventeenth century manuscript, the Vat. Barb. gr. 74, f. 41v.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 140 R. Romano 1981, Note filologiche II°, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 45, 253-261: 261
Number of verses	11
Occurrence(s)	[17757] ὡς ἄγαμαί σου τῆς γραφῆς πυθαγόρα [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 114 [13th-14th c.] (f. 101r) (11 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 894: "Manuel Melissenus, In Pythagoram"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.