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Type 6207
(formerly typ/4187)

	Ἐχρῆν προκεῖσθαι πᾶσι τήνδε τὴν βίβλον
	πίνακα κοινὸν ἀρετῆς καὶ κανόνα·
	πάντας γὰρ εἷλξεν ὀρφικῆς λύρας πλέον,
	εἰ πάντες αὐτῆς ἐκρέμαντο γνησίως
	βασκανίαν ῥίψαντες ὡς πορρωτάτω,
	ἥτις καλοῖς ἅπασιν ἐχθραίνειν θέλει.
	ὡς γοῦν ἐμὴν ἔθελξεν καρδίαν λίαν
	ἡ βίβλος ἥδε καὶ προσημέρωσέ με,
	πῶς ἂν παραστήσαιμι; πλὴν δηλοῖ τάδε·
	Θεοφύλακτος ταῦτα τῷ θεηγόρῳ.

Title(s)	Ἕτεροι στίχοι τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου κυροῦ Θεοφυλάκτου Βουλγαρίας γραφέντες κατὰ τὸ ,ςχλδ' ἔτος
Text source	A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 31-32
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theophylaktos (11th-12th c.) - VGH: 147.H - PBW: Theophylaktos/105/ (archiepiskopos of Ohrid < North Macedonia)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Music Orpheus Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488" Theophylaktos (11th-12th c.) - VGH: 147.H - PBW: Theophylaktos/105/ (archiepiskopos of Ohrid < North Macedonia)
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2019, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 2), Vienna: 187, n. 94
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[23985] Ἐχρῆν προκεῖσθαι πᾶσι τήνδε τὴν βί\|βλον [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.] (f. 16r) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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, 278: "Theophyl. ep. Achrid., In laudem Symeonis Novi Theol."
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