Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4354
(formerly typ/2448)

	Γρηγόριος Μούσας πολλῷ πλέον ἤπερ Ὅμηρος
	θειοτάτων ἐπέων δεῖξεν ὑπηρετίδας
	ἣ μᾶλλον τόγε πᾶν Μουσῶν ὕπο λέξεν Ὅμηρος,
	Γρηγορίῳ δ' ἔπνει πνεῦμ' ἄρα θειότερον.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Scipio Carteromachus Forteguerra (1466-1515) - RGK: II.493, III.576 - VGH: 400.A
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ Homer (8th c. BC)
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined J. Migne, 1857, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 35), Paris: 356 I. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 273
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[20681] Γρηγόριος μούσας πολλῶ πλέον ἤπερ ὅμηρος [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 166 [14th-16th c.] (f. 13v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 125: "In s. Gregorium Theologum"
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