Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6424
(formerly typ/4386)

	Δαυὶδ βασιλεὺς καὶ προφητῶν ἀκρέμων
	τὴν μοιχικὴν χάρυβδιν ἀντλήσας πάλαι
	ποτήριον πέπωκεν ἀνδροκτασίας·
	ἐπιστραφείς δε πρὸς Θεὸν μετὰ φόβου
	πηγὰς ἀνεστόμωσε φιλανθρωπίας.

Title(s)	Στίχοι εἰς τὸν Δαυὶδ ἁμαρτήσαντα
Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 243
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodoros Balsamon (12th c.) - PBW: Theodoros/20364/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Psalter
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Comment	Alternative title: Εἰς τὸν Δαυῒδ κλαίοντα τὴν μετὰ τῆς Βηρσαβεὲ μοιχείαν (Horna (1903: 178)). The epigram is also preserved in post-1500 Psalters: Athen. EBE 2203, f. 2v; Ath. Vatopedi 1225, f. Iv.
Bibliography	Primary K. Horna 1903, Die Epigramme des Theodoros Balsamon, Wiener Studien, 25, 165-217: 178-179
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[24610] δα(υί)δ βασιλεὺς κ(αὶ) προφητ(ῶν) ἀκρέμ(ων) [1439] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2075 [1439] (f. 281v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 129: "Theod. Balsamon, In Davidem"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.