Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6002
(formerly typ/3993)

	Ὁ μὲν σός, Ἁπόστολε, σκόλοψ ὑπῆρχεν
	Οὐ βακχεία αἵματος μαργῆρ κοιλίας
	Δρυμὺ ὑποσφύζουσα ὀσφύιν μάλα,
	Κινοῦσα τε βάλανον, σκορπίον ἄλλον
	Ἀλλα τῶν ἐχθρῶν αἱ συνεχεῖς <σ>πιλάδες
	Οὐ τῶν μόνον ἔξωθεν, μᾶλλον δ’ οἱ ἔσω.
	Ἐμοὶ δὲ δεινῶς ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων
	Μανία λυττᾷ τὴν καρδίαν, κινοῦσα
	Ἆσθμα λιγυρὸν, κατακλῶσα τὰ μέλη
	Βδέλλης δολίας αἰμοχαρεῖν ζητούσης·
	Ἀλλὰ σαῖς εὐχαῖς στήριξον ἐν ἁγνείᾳ.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Neilos (10th c.) - VGH: 328.A, 378.E (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Prayer
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined D. Gassisi 1905, Poesie di S. Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo Monaco, Abbati di Grottaferrata, Oriens Christianus, 5, 26-81: 72 D. Gassisi, 1906, Poesie di San Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo monaco abbati di Grottaferrata, Rome: 53
Number of verses	11
Occurrence(s)	[23461] ὁ μὲν σὸς ἀπόστολε, σκώλωψ ὑπῆρχεν [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 193r) (11 verses) [23458] Ὁ μὲν σὸς ἀπόστολε \| σκώλωψ ὑπήρχεν [10th-11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.] (f. 209r) (11 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 527: "Nilus Iunior Grottaferr., In s. Paulum apost."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.