Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5089
(formerly typ/3149)

	Χαρισμάτων ἄβυσσε καὶ ἀστὴρ λόγων
	θαλάττιον βάτραχον εἰς χέρσον δέχου˙
	πλὴν οὐχ ἁλιεῖς ἀλλ' ὁ σὸς φίλος μόνος
	ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν ἀργυροῦν κλώσας βρόχον.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 208 J. Noret 1978, Les manuscrits sinaïtiques de Grégoire de Nazianze (1re partie), Byzantion, 48(1), 146-207: 167
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[17153] χαρισμάτων ἄβυσσε (καὶ) ἀστὴρ λόγων [11th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 341 [11th c.] (f. 1r -- (gen.) lower part of page) (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 855: "sine titulo"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5089

Last modified: 2026-01-19.