Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6962
(formerly typ/4873)

	Τῆς ὕβρεως ὕπαρχε καὶ τῆς αἰσχύνης,
	Γυναῖκας αἰτεῖς ἐν Βασιλείου δόμοις,
	Γυναῖκας αἰτεῖς ἐν μελάθροις ἀγγέλου,
	Καὶ τοὺς κεραυνοὺς τοὺς ἀφ’ ὕψους οὐ τρέμεις.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined E. Miller, 1857, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 2), Amsterdam: 351
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26073] Τῆς ὕβρεως ὕπαρχε καὶ τῆς αἰσχύνης [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 98v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 743: "Theod. Prodromus, In s. Basilium"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.