Type 4621
(formerly typ/2705)
| Ἀκροπολίτης εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος | |
| τὴν δὲ ἀξίαν καὶ μέγας λογοθέτης | |
| ζωῆς ὅρους εἴρηκα καὶ τρόπους τέλους, | |
| οὐ κατ' ἀποκλήρωσιν οὐ πεπρωμένους, | |
| ἀλλ' ὡς προγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ τεταγμένους | |
| τόσονδε τῷδε τῷ βίῳ διδοῦ χρόνον | |
| καὶ συμμέτρως, ἄλλῳ δὲ πλατύνει θέλων, | |
| τινῶν δ' ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἐκτείνει βίον. | |
| ἀλλ' οἶδεν ἀλλ' ἔγνωκε τοὺς λόγους μόνος, | |
| ὡς ἐμβατεύων καὶ νεφροῖς καὶ καρδίᾳ | |
| καὶ κρίσιν ἀσύγκριτον ἐν πᾶσιν ἔχων. |
| Text source | H. Delehaye 1933, Constantini Acropolitae, hagiographi byzantini, epistularum manipulus, Analecta Bollandiana test, 51, 263-284: 267-268 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes) |
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| Comment | Vassis (2005: 287) also refers to the exact same epigram (cf. his reference to Kalatzi (2001: 510 n. 23)) under the incipit Ζωῆς ὅρους εἴρηκα καὶ τρόπους τέλους. |
| Bibliography |
Primary |
| Number of verses | 11 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21172] (...)
[14th c.]
MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.] (f. 219r) (11 verses) |
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| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4621 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
