Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3738
(formerly typ/1825)

	Ἄρεος ἀμφὶ Πάγον μαχήσατο Παῦλος Ἀθήναις·
	καὶ λάβε Διονύσιον ἐνὶ προμάχοισιν ἐόντα
	καὶ Δάμαριν ζώγρησε καὶ ἄλλους τρέψατο φῶτας·
	οἷος ἐών δε φάλαγγα τόσην σχίσε, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodore Prodromos (12th c.) - PBW: Theodoros/25001/
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined G. Papagiannis, 1997, Theodoros Prodromos, Jambische und hexametrische Tetrasticha auf die Haupterzählungen des Alten und des Neuen Testaments. Text und Indices (vol. 2), Wiesbaden: 302 C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 327
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[19617] Ἄρεος ἀμφιπάγον μαχήσατο παῦλος ἀθήναις [14th-15th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. T. 9. 08 (Puntoni 45; olim II B 8) [14th-15th c.] (f. 1v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 73: "Theod. Prodromus, In Pauli disputationem in Ariopago"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.