Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3054
(formerly typ/1162)

	Ἔρως αἰρεῖ με Χρυσοστόμου λόγων
	αὔξειν ἐπαύξειν τῆς γραφῆς τό πυκτίον
	πλοῦτος γὰρ ἐν ἅπασιν κρείττω πενίας
	ὡς ἤδιστος πέφυκε λόγος ἐννόμως.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 195 S. Rossi 1904, Catalogo dei codici greci dell'antico Monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella Biblioteca Universitaria di Messina, Archivio storico messinese, 5, 138-158: 141
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[18796] ἔρως αἰρεῖ με χρυσοστόμου λόγων [962] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 133 [962] (f. 215v) (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.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.