Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6067
(formerly typ/4044)

	Βροντῆς γόνος σύ, πῦρ ἀπαστράπτεις λόγῳ·
	κρουνοὺς πυρὸς γὰρ στέρνα βλύζει δεσπότου.

Title(s)	In s. Ioannem evang.
Text source	A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 275
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Comment	The epigram is part of a series of non-clearly separated epigrams in honour of John the Evangelist. Note that Zomaridis 1904, Kominis 1951 and Mitsiani 2005 do not separate the epigrams.
Bibliography	Primary A. Mitsani 2005, Το εικονογραφημένο Ευαγγέλιο του Βασιλείου Μελιτηνιώτη (Καισάρεια, 1226), Δέλτιον τῆς Χριστιανικῆς Ἀρχαιολογικῆς Ἑταιρείας, 26, 149-164: 163 E. Zomaridis, 1904, Die Dumba'sche Evangelien-Handschrift vom Jahre 1226, Leipzig: 16
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23582] βροντῆς γόνος σὺ πὺρ απαστράπτεις λόγω(ν) [13th c.] ATHENS - Gennadeios Bibliotheke 1.5 [13th c.] (f. 130v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.