Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6225
(formerly typ/4205)

	Ὡς ψυχικὸς δὴ καὶ ψυχὴν οἶδας γράφειν,
	ἥσπερ τὸ λαμπρὸν ἀπομαραίνει χρόνος·
	ἂν δ’ εἰς λόγους ἔφθακας ὑπὲρ τὴν φύσιν,
	ἔγνως ἂν εὐθὺς καὶ ψυχῆς ὄντως φύσιν.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Aristoteles (384 BC - 322 BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Lampros 1907, Κατάλογος τῶν κωδίκων τῶν ἐν Ἀθήναις βιβλιοθηκῶν πλὴν τῆς Ἐθνικῆς. Α. Κώδικες τῆς βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Βουλῆς (αρ. 80-85), Νέος Ελληνομνήμων, 4, 225-236: 234 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24013] ὡς ψυχικὸς δὴ, καὶ ψυχὴν οἴδας γράφ(ειν) [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 386 [11th c.] (f. 95v) (4 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, 909: "In Aristotelis opus de anima"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.