Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6703
(formerly typ/4603)

	Πενία, πλοῦτος βάρος, αἰσχύνη δόξης
	τὰ κάλλιστα μὲν τοῖς ποθήσασι λίαν,
	τἀναντία δὲ τοῖς ἐναντιουμένοις
	Πρὔθηκεν ἀβρῶς πᾶσιν εἰς σωτηρίαν
	πολυσχεδῆ τράπεζην Θηκαρᾶς πένης.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Dionysios (14th c.) (monachos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Thekaras
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Comment	For the identification of the poet with Dionysios cf. Getov (2007: 36) and Lappa Zizica (1991: 68).
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined D. Getov, 2007, A Catalogue of Greek Liturgical Manuscripts in the "Ivan Dujčev Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies", Rome: 36 E. Lappa-Zizica, M. Rizou-Kouroupou, 1991, Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ Μουσείου Μπενάκη (10ος-16ος αἰ.), Athens: 68
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[25106] NA [1351-1400] SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 1 [1351-1400] (f. 261v) (? 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, 611: "Theodosius mon. In Thecaram"
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