Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6367
(formerly typ/4329)

	Λύρης θειοκρότου μελιηδέος εὔλαλος ἠχὼ
	Ἱμερόεν κελαδοῦσα βροτοκτόνα πήματα λύει,
	Βριαρὰ δαιμονίων ψυχοφθόρα φῦλα διώκει.
	Ἄχθει μοχθίζοντας ὀλεθροτόκων μελεδώνων,
	Νοῦν τε βυθιζομένους πολυπλανέος ἄλγεσι κόσμου
	Ἰᾶται βίβλος ἧδε, θεόπνοον ᾆσμα προφήτου.
	Οὐρανίων ἀρετῶν διδάσκαλος ἔπλετο Δαυὶδ
	Σωφρονέοντι νόῳ θεοτερπέα ὕμνον ἀείσας.

Title(s)	Στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ εἰς τὸν Ψαλτῆρα
Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 227-228
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	David Music Psalter
Tag(s)	Acrostic Reference to content of the book
Comment	The epigram is an acrostic, revealing the name 'Λιβάνιος'. The epigram also occurs is Par. gr. 1630 (f. 222r), where it does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography	Primary G. Bady 2021, Les vers inédits sur les Psaumes transmis sous le nom de Nicétas Chartophylax, in R. Ceulemans, B. Crostini Lappin (eds.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium. Texts, Manuscripts, and their Readers, Uppsala, 207-258: 216
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[24456] Λύρης θειοκρότου μελιηδέος εὔ\|λαλος ἠχῶ [13th c.] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5533 [13th c.] (f. 165v) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2011, 236: "In Psalterium"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.