Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6262
(formerly typ/4230)

	Ἦν τίς ποταμὸς τῷ Κροίσῳ χρυσορρόας,
	θησαυρὸς ἁβρὸς καὶ χορηγὸς χρυσίου
	ψυχὴν ἀπολλὺς τὴν φιλόχρυσον φύσει·
	ἄλλος ποταμὸς οὗτος ὁ χρυσορρόας
	λόγους ῥέων λάμποντας ὑπὲρ χρυσίον
	ψυχὰς τὲ ῥωννὺς τὰς φιλοχρίστους πλέον·
	εἰ μὲν θέλεις, ἄνθρωπε, πλίνθους χρυσίνους
	ζηλῶν ἐκείνου τὴν φιλόχρυσον φρένα,
	τῷ λιδικῷ πρόσελθε καὶ χρυσὸν λάβῃς.
	Εἰ ψυχικόν δε ῥύπον ἐκπλύναι θέλεις,
	φιλῶν μάλιστα τὰς φιλοχρίστους φρένας,
	τούτῳ προσελθὼν ἀρύου χρυσοῦς λόγους.
	Τοιοῦτος ἐστὶν οὗτος ὁ χρυσορρόας.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint) Kroisos of Lydia < Asia Minor < Turkey (6th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes	11 φιλῶν Vassis : θηλῶν cod. Mosq. Sinod. gr. 110
Bibliography	Primary E. Dobrynina, 2013, Corpus of Greek Illuminated Manuscripts in Russian Collections. Manuscripts of the 9th – 10th cc. at the State Historical Museum (vol. 1.1), Moscow: 85
Number of verses	13
Occurrence(s)	[24071] ἤν τίς ποταμὸ(ς) τῶ κροίσω χρυσορρόας [13th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 110 (Vlad. 160) [9th-10th c.] (f. 1r) (13 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Ioannis Vassis. Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Lev Shadrin The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 314: "In s. Ioann. Chrysostomum"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.