Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6700
(formerly typ/4628)

	Ἀκροπολίτης εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος,
	ἐξ ἀξίας δὲ καὶ μέγας λογοθέτης,
	δῶρον προσῆξα κατὰ δύναμιν λόγον,
	ὡς πρὸς Θεὸν λάβοιμι θερμὸν προστάτην.

Text source	H. Delehaye 1933, Constantini Acropolitae, hagiographi byzantini, epistularum manipulus, Analecta Bollandiana test, 51, 263-284: 265
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject
Critical Notes	Absence of punctuation in Delehaye (1933: 265), provided by DBBE.
Comment	Text source Delehaye (1933: 265) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary M. Kalatzi 2001, Un discours inédit de Constantin Acropolite en l'honneur des saints martyrs Florus et Laurus, Byzantion, 71, 505-516: 508-509
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[25199] (...) [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.] (f. 18v) (4 verses) [25200] Ἀκροπολίτ(ης) εὐσεβὴς κωνσταντ(ῖ)ν(ος) [14th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.] (f. 33v) (4 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 27: "Constant. Acropolites, In sermonem suum in s. Theodotum mart."
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