Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5761
(formerly typ/3782)

	Ἐν στεναγμοῖς καὶ δάκρυσι παρακαλῶ τοὺς πάντας
	ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀλιτροῦ εὔχεσθαί τε καὶ λέγειν·
	συγχώρησον, συγχώρησον καὶ σύγγνωθι, Χριστέ μου,
	ψυχὴν ἀνδρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ τοῦ πλέξαντος τοὺς στίχους
	ὁμοίως καὶ τοῦ γράψαντος Συμεώνι τοῦ θύτου
	τουτὶ δὲ τὸ ψυχοφελὲς βιβλίον οἰκοχεῖρος
	ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ ξένου τε ἐκ τῆς ἑῴας αὖθις,
	τοῦ ἀμαθοῦς καὶ ταπεινοῦ τάχα καὶ πατριάρχου,
	ὅπως μὴ φλέξῃ με ποτὲ τὸ πῦρ τὸ τῆς γεένης.

Text source	S. Mercati 1970, Lo scriba del codice Ottoboniano greco 441 è il patriarca Constantinopolitano Simeone I, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 11-15: 12
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Symeon Amathoisios (1426-1450 - 1486) - RGK: III.593 - VGH: 408.A - PLP: XI.27068 (archithytes, hieromonachos of Trapezous < Turkey, patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, thytes)
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Symeon Amathoisios (1426-1450 - 1486) - RGK: III.593 - VGH: 408.A - PLP: XI.27068 (archithytes, hieromonachos of Trapezous < Turkey, patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, thytes)
Tag(s)	Entreaty (asked to readers) Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Bibliography
Number of verses	9
Occurrence(s)	[23117] Ἐν στεναγμοῖς καὶ δάκρυσι παρακαλῶ τοὺς πάντας [1477] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 441 [1477] (f. 314r) (9 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 233: "Symeon Trapezunt. patr. CP., Subscr."
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