Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6585
(formerly typ/4487)

	Δόξαν πόνοι τίκτουσι καὶ μόχθοι κλέος
	οἱ κάματοί τε προξενοῦσι ταινίας
	καὶ τὸν γε φιλήσαντα τούτους εἰς ἄκρον
	σοφῶν ἐν αἴσῃ τιθέασι ταχέως·
	εἰδὼς δὲ καὶ σὺ τοῦτ' ἀληθὲς ὄν, νέε,
	τὸ δ' ὂν σκόπει, σὲ μὴ διαδρᾶσαι λάθῃ,
	τὴν ἀργίαν δίωξον, ὡς σοφὸς γένῃ,
	πρὸ τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν ἀγάπησον τοὺς λόγους \|\|
	καὶ μὴ προτίμα τὴν ῥαθυμίαν πόνων,
	ὡς ἂν λάβῃς ἔπαινον οὐ ῥητόν, τέκνον,
	καὶ μεστὸς ὄλβου χρυσέου γένοιό μοι
	αἰνήν τε πεῖραν μαστίγων διεκφύγῃς.

Title(s)	Τοῦ μοναχοῦ κυροῦ Ἰωαννικίου
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. Gallavotti 1983, Nota sulla schedografia di Moscopulo e suoi precedenti fino a Theodoro Prodromo, Bollettino dei Classici, 4, 3-35: 23 I. Vassis 2002, Τῶν νέων φιλολόγων παλαίσματα, Ελληνικά, 52, 37-68: 45
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[24871] δόξαν πόνοι τίκτουσι, καὶ μόχθοι κλέος [1291-1300] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 92 [1291-1300] (f. 123r-123v) (12 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, 152: "Ioannicius mon., Textus schedographicus"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.