Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2330
(formerly typ/391)

	Ὁ Λάζαρος τέθνηκε φύσεως νόμῳ,
	τοῦτον δὲ Χριστὸς ἐξανιστᾷ τοῦ τάφου,
	ἄψυχον ὄντα καὶ νέκυν ὀδωδότα·
	ἀλλ' αὐτὸς οὗτος, ὁ ζωῆς χορηγέτης,
	ζωῆς ὁ κρατῶν καὶ θανάτου δεσπόζων,
	ὁ καὶ θανατῶν, ζωοποιῶν τε ξένως,
	ὑμᾶς ἀναστήσειε προσφιλῆ τέκνα
	τῆς ἀμαθίας, ὥσπερ νεκροὺς ἐκ τάφου.

Text source	E. Miller 1874, Lexiques Grecs Inédits, Annuaire de l'association pour l'encouragement des études grecques en France, 8, 222-284: 250
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Lazaros
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Death Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 42
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[21518] Ὁ λάζαρος τέθνηκε φύ(σεως) νόμῳ [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 1192 [15th c.] (f. 23r-23v) (8 verses) [17782] ὁ λάζαρος τέθνηκε φύσεως νόμω [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 46 [14th c.] (f. 44r) (4 verses)
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	Vassis ICB 2005, 521: "In grammaticam"
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