Type 5429
(formerly typ/3476)
| Σπουδὴ κάθαρσιν, καὶ κάθαρσίς σοι, πάτερ, | |
| φωτὸς μεθέξιν καὶ θεοῦ κοινωνίαν, | |
| καὶ γνῶσιν αὕτη δογμάτων ἀποκρύφων | |
| παρέσχεν εἰς ἔνδειξιν ἐκπρεπεστάτην | |
| πόνων τε τῶν σῶν καὶ Θεοῦ δωρημάτων· | |
| λοιπὸν σιῶπα, πάσα γλῶσσα, καὶ σίγα | |
| ἐκ γῆς λαλοῦσα, κἂν στροφὰς πλουτῇς λόγων, | |
| αὐτὸς δὲ τρανῶς ἐκδίδασκε καὶ λέγε | |
| τὰ τῶν ἀδήλων ἐμφάσεις μυστηρίων· | |
| ὡς εὐπρεπεῖς ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἡμεῖς μανθάνειν. |
| Text source | A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 28 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488" |
| Tag(s) | |
| Comment | Kambylis (1976: 28) gives the following title to the epigram, based on the manuscript tradition: Τοῦ αὐτοῦ στίχοι ὁμοίως. The epigram is also preserved in the 16th-century manuscript Vat. gr. 1782. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 10 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[22313] σπ(ου)δ(ὴ) κάθαρσ(ιν) (καὶ) κάθαρσ(ίς) σοι π(άτ)ερ
[13th c.]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.] (f. 266v) (10 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 684: "Basilius Asecretis, In laudem Symeonis Novi Theologi" |
| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5429 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
