Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5603
(formerly typ/3662)

	Οἶκτος πενήτων προξενεῖ θεῖαν χάριν
	καὶ τὴν γέενναν ὠμότης τῆς καρδίας.
	Κτῆσαι τὸ πρῶτον καὶ τὸ δεύτερον φύγε,
	ψυχὴ ταπεινή, σάρκα πρὶν δώσεις τάφῳ.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Gehenna Last Judgment
Tag(s)	Address to the soul Reference to content of the book Repentance
Bibliography	Primary S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15, 61-67: 65
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22861] Οἶκτος πενήτων, προξενεῖ θεῖαν χάριν [1326-1375] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 19,2° [1326-1375] (f. 125r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 514: "In s. Basilii homiliam in illud "
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.