Joannes Geometres’

Metaphrasis of the Odes:

Critical Edition
Marc De Groote

J
OANNES GEOMETRES (ca 935–1000), the son of what he
himself calls “a loyal servant” of the emperor (ÙtrhrÚw
yerãpvn), 1 was not only one of the leading poets and
rhetoricians of his time; he also served in the Byzantine army
as a high-ranking soldier (protospatharios?).2 Hence he be-
longed to the inner circles of literary and political Constan-
tinople. Shortly before 986 he was dismissed from military
service for reasons that are still unclear to us. He himself claims
that the combination of being both poet and soldier—ka‹ sof¤˙
yãllvn ka‹ tÒlm˙ krad¤hw—was unappreciated by the
authorities and envied by his fellow citizens, so he was
discharged.3 A more plausible reason, however, could be his
attachment to the faction of Basileios Nothos, who had been
acting as emperor since 976, because the legal heirs to the
throne, Basil II and Constantine, were too young to govern the
empire themselves; Nothos was deposed in 985.4 Be that as it
may, after his dismissal Geometres left his luxurious mansion in
the Mesomphalos area of the city and retired as a monk in the

1 From the poem Efiw •autoË pat°ra 2, ed. Cramer, Anecd. Ox. (1841) 280.15.
All citations of epigrams are based on this edition.
2 So according to Oxon.Bodl.Barocc. 25 ff.280v and 287r.

3 Efiw •aut. 2, Cramer 295.24, cf. 317.32–318.6.

4 See M. D. Lauxtermann, “John Geometres. Poet and Soldier,” Byzantion 68

(1998) 369–371, and Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres. Texts and
Contexts I (Wiener Byzantinistische Studien 24.1 [2003]) 35–37.

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 44 (2004) 375–410

© 2004 GRBS
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monastery Tå KÊrou, also situated in the flerÚn êstu. By doing

so he possibly got his second name Kyriotes.5
Geometres can be considered a forerunner of the eleventh-
century pre-renaissance, a period during which authors would
again, after centuries of merely collecting and preserving ancient
traditions that would otherwise have been lost, express their
own experiences in their works. Typical of the spirit of the age
with its merger of Hellenism and Christianity would seem to be
the following of his writings: (a) ÉEgk≈mion efiw tÚn ëgion
megalomãrtura PanteleÆmona: vita of Pantoleon/Pantelee-
mon, patron saint of physicians, in 1042 dodecasyllables;6 (b)
Parãdeisow: collection of 99 classicizing tetrastichs, based
mainly on the Apophthegmata Patrum (see CPG 5560–5615),
which formerly was sometimes ascribed erroneously to the fifth-
century Neilos;7 (c) Metãfrasiw t«n ”d«n: a rewording in 470

5 Cf. V. Laurent, “Notes critiques sur de récentes publications,” EchOr 31

(1932) 119.
6 Editio princeps F. Morellus, Elogium Sanctissimi Martyris Pantoleonis
Graecis Jambicis olim ab auctore incerto scriptum et e Bibliotheca Regia erutum
(Paris 1605; reprinted PG 106.889–902); this edition is incomplete and offers
only 336 verses. Later edition by L. Sternbach, Ioannis Geometrae carmen de S.
Panteleemone integrum (Diss. class. philol. acad. litt. Cracoviensis 16 [1892])
218–303, who used only two of the at least six extant manuscripts, and did not
know the probable source text, a Passio (BHG 1412z) edited by B. Latyshev,
Hagiographica graeca inedita (Mém. Acad. Imp. St.-Petersbourg 12.2 [1914])
40–53.
7 The editio princeps by Z. Skordylios, NikÆta FilosÒfou toË ka‹ Dab‹d
•rmhne¤a efiw tå tetrãstixa toË megãlou patrÚw Grhgor¤ou toË NazianzÆnou.
ToË aÈtoË … ÉIvãnnou toË Gevm°trou §pigrãmmata (Venice 1563), was the
basis for the later edition by F. Morellus, Ioannis Geometrae Paradisus (Paris
1593; repr. PG 106.867–890). A third edition—for the first time under the name
of Neilos—followed, F. X. Werfer, Acta Philologorum Monacensium 3 (1820)
61–118, “Nili ascetae paraenetica e codicibus Darmstadiensi et Bernensi.” Cf.
F. Lauchert, “Der unter Nilos des Ältern Namen überlieferte Parãdeisow ,” BZ 4
(1895) 125–127; L. Voltz, “Zu dem Parãdeisow des Ioannes Geometres,” BZ 5
(1896) 481–483; J. B. Bury, “The Parãdeisow of Joannes Geometres,” BZ 7
(1898) 134–137; F. Scheidweiler, “Studien zu Johannes Geometres,” BZ 45
(1952) 295–297; P. Speck, “Zur Datierung des sogenannten Paradeisos,” BZ 58
(1965) 333–336; A. Cameron, The Greek Anthology from Meleager to Planudes
(Oxford 1993) 339; M. D. Lauxtermann, The Byzantine Epigram in the Ninth
and Tenth Centuries (Amsterdam 1994) 115. A new edition is being prepared by
my colleague Björn Isebaert (Ghent University).
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dodecasyllables of nine biblical pericopes which had won

canonical regard in the Greek Church soon after the fifth century
and were recited during morning services (Ex. 15:1–19, Deut.
32:1–43, I Reg. 2:1–10, Hab. 3:2–19, Is. 26:9–19, Ion. 2:3–10,
Dan. 3:26–56, 3:57–90, Luc. 1:46–55, 68–79).8
Although the editio princeps was provided in 1764 by A. M.
Bandini in his description of the fifteenth-century Florentine MS.
Medic.Laur.gr. V 37,9 the best-known edition so far is that by J.
A. Cramer (Anecd. Ox. 352–366), dating from 1841 and based
on the thirteenth-century Par.Suppl.gr. 352. This version of the
text was, with a few changes, republished in Migne’s Patrologia
Graeca (106.987–1002). Finally, A.-P. Koumantos provided a
new edition in 1975,10 but unfortunately based himself solely on
a seventeenth-century MS. from the Meteores (Metamorph. 402)
and failed to notice the previous editions.
Already soon after Cramer’s edition corrections were
suggested: in his supplement to the Greek Anthology N. Piccolos
formulated quite a few objections; L. Sternbach, who collated
Par.Suppl.gr. 690 (twelfth cent.), proposed valuable emenda-
tions, as did F. Scheidweiler in his treatment of Geometres’
poetic technique. 11 In anticipation of the present edition I
published in this journal a secondary witness to the Metaphrasis,
a paraphrase written in 518 dodecasyllables by an author
unknown to us, and preserved in only one MS., the sixteenth-

8 See M. De Groote, “Der byzantinische Zwölfsilber in Joannes Geometres’

Metaphrase der Oden,” BZ 96 (2003) 73–81.
9 Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae
(Florence 1764–1770); Accedunt supplementa tria ab E. Rostagno et N. Festa
congesta necnon additamentum ex inventariis Bibliothecae Laurentianae I
(Leipzig 1961) 65–68.
10 “Translation of the Nine Odes according to John Kyriotis Geometris,”
Delt¤on Biblik«n Melet«n 3 (1975) 127–133.
11 N. Piccolos, Supplément à l’Anthologie grecque, contenant des épigrammes
et autres poésies légères inédites (Paris 1853) 243–244; L. Sternbach, “Analecta
Byzantina,” Cheské Museum Filologické 6 (1900) 308–314; Scheidweiler (supra
n.7) 279, 281–282, 284, 286.
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century Par.gr. 2743, written by Jacobos Diassorinos.12 Further-

more, on the basis of these earlier contributions and a study of
the full manuscript tradition which I had meanwhile under-
taken, I was able to propose a list of corrections to the Cramer
text and to examine Geometres’ metaphrastic technique.13
The Metaphrasis has been preserved in the following eighteen
manuscripts:14
A Athos, ÉIbÆrvn 539 (XV)
B Munich, Bayer. Staatsbibl., Gr. 65 (early XVI)
C Rome, Bibl. Casan., Gr. 1528 (XVI)
D Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibl., Phill. 1463 (XVI)
E Modena, Bibl. Est., Gr. 65 (late XV)
F Paris, Bibl. nat., Gr. 2892 (XVI)
G Gießen, Universitätsbibl. 669 (XV)
H Athens, ÑIstorikÚn Mouse›on toË N°ou ÑEllhnismoË 64 (XVIII)
I Rome, Bibl. Vatic., Barb. gr. 74 (XVII)
L Florence, Bibl. Medic. Laur., Gr. V 37 (XV)
M Meteores, Metamorf. 402 (XVII)
N Naples, Bibl. Naz., Gr. II A 11 (early XVI)
O Oxford, Bodl. Libr., Barocc. 25 (early XIV)
P Paris, Bibl. nat., Suppl. gr. 690 (XII)
Q Rome, Bibl. Vatic., Ottob. gr. 217 (XVII)
R Rome, Bibl. Angel., Gr. 50 (XVI)
S Paris, Bibl. nat., Suppl. gr. 352 (XIII)
V Rome, Bibl. Vatic., Gr. 1268 (late XV)
Their mutual relationships can be represented in the following
stemma:15

12 M. De Groote, “The Paraphrasis of Joannes Geometres’ Metaphrasis of the

Odes,” GRBS 43 (2002) 267–304.
13 De Groote ( supra n.8) 73–75, and “Joannes Geometres und das Meta-
phrasieren der Oden,” BZ 97 (2004) 95–111, which includes remarks on
grammar, vocabulary, morphology, and syntax.
14 For a complete description see M. De Groote “The Manuscript Tradition of
Joannes Geometres’ Metaphrasis of the Odes,” RHT 33 (2004) [forthcoming].
15 See De Groote ( supra n.14). As it is a copy of S (the folios of which will be
indicated in the right margin), codex I will not be mentioned in the apparatus
criticus. The same applies to B, D , N , Q , and R, which are, directly or
indirectly, copies of E.
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Metãfrasiw t«n ”d«n 176r

ÉVidØ aÄ
[Ex. 15:1–19]

Afigupt¤vn pÒntvsiw, ”dØ Mvs°vw,

Afigupt¤vn ˆleyrow, ÉIsraØl krãtow.
ÖAisvmen ”dØn t“ kratai“ kur¤ƒ,
dÒjhw går §plÆrvse tØn ofikoum°nhn,
5 tØn ·ppon …w ¶rrice ka‹ tÚn despÒthn
êrdhn Fara∆ prÚw yalass¤an xÊsin.
otow bohyÚw ka‹ skepastØw ka‹ prÒmow,
str°fvn tå deinå pãnta prÚw svthr¤an:
otow YeÒw mou, ka‹ mÒnon ka‹ dojãsv,
10 YeÚw patr“ow, toËton Íc≈sv mÒnon.
¶yrausen §xyroÁw dejiå sÆ, Xrist° mou.
Ïdvr di°sth pneÊmatÒw sou tª b¤&,
¶kruce pÒntow §kkr¤touw flpphlãtaw,
efiw te›xow §frãghsan afl =eusta‹ fÊseiw.
15 gl≈ssaw meg¤staw eÂlew, ÙfrËn barbãrvn.

SPOAMHLVFGCE

4 Num. 14:21; Ps. 71:19; Hab. 3:3 5 Ex. 14:21–28 6 cf. Io. Geom. 324.32 7/8
Eccli. 51:2 9 Ps. 85:12, Is. 25:1 8 cf. Io. Geom. 281.27 11 Iudith 13:14; cf. Io.
Geom. 286.6 15 Ps. 11:4

Metaphrasis titulus post ”d«n add. diå st¤xvn P, post quod toË sofvtãtou
gevm°trou fivãnnou add. Pb.mg, add. diå st¤xvn fivãnnou O, add. épÚ fvn∞w
(épofvn∞w C, épo fvn∞w E) fivãnnou gevm°trou dLFi , om. V
Odae primae titulus AmgFmgi mg, om. PO eL 1/2 om. V 1 Lb.mg 2 post krãtow
add. êsvmen t« kur¤v (= Ex. 15:1b) OG mgk, add. <ê>svmen t« kur¤v. §ndÒjvw
går dedÒjastai in pagina opposita Lb 5 tØn om. i post ·ppon add. går Layi
despÒthn ] flppÒthn a 7 skepastØw] sk°paw t¢ P prÒmow ] prÒkow V 8 str°fvn
tå] str°fonta VE pãnta bis G 9 mÒnow b 10 patr«ow rep. Mmg 11 dejiç s∞
V xristÒw La 12 soË Oe 13 Ípphlãtaw V 14 efiw ] …w Lb §frãghsan Scheid-
weiler] §rrãghsan S gLaFi , §pãghsan PLb, §rãghsan V afl ] …w d 15 ÙfrËw P
e‰len V, post eÂlew add. fresi Fac bãrvn comp. M, barbãrvn recte Mmg
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êbussow §kp°pvke toÁw énoustãtouw,

sfodr«w ¶dusan …w mÒlibdow efiw bãyow.
∑jaw d¢ laÚn ¶kkriton sÚn xeir¤ sou,
§xyr«n éno¤ktvn §j°svsaw mur¤vn,
20 ’kisaw efiw g∞n ≤don«n phgØn ˜lhn.
v
Ödinan ¶ynh ka‹ parvrg¤syh g°nh
ofikoËnta kÊklƒ ka‹ lãtrai ye«n nÒyvn.
e‡lhfe Mvåb ka‹ Fulistie‹m trÒmow,
¶frije pçw tiw s«n braxiÒnvn sy°now,
25 ßvw par∞lyon oÓw §klhr≈sv mÒnouw,
efiw g∞n poyeinØn ∂n §phgge¤lv pãlai.
ény' œn krotoËntew kumbãloiw ka‹ tumpãnoiw,
calthr¤oiw, fÒrmigjin, Ùrgãnoiw, lÊraiw
ka‹ pçsin êlloiw e‡desi mousourg¤aw,
30 n¤kaw, trÒpaia, dÒjan õdomen mÒnƒ
so‹ t“ kratoËnti ka‹ ye«n Ye“ mÒnƒ,
…w efiw yãlassan ·ppon, èrmathlãtaw
¶krucaw, …w fãlagga Faravn›tin,
ı d' ÉIsraØl Àdeuse tØn Ígrån xÊsin.

SPAMHLVFGCE O inde a l. 17

24 Ps. 88:11; 117:15–16; Sap. 11:21; cf. Io. Geom. 266.26 30 cf. Io. Geom. 347.29
32/33 Ex. 14:21–28 34 Ex. 14:29; Ps. 105:9; cf. Greg. Naz. De moderat. in
disput. 16

16 §kp°ptvke S ac PhE 17 sfodrÚw G molubdow sic O, mÒlobdow H §w OH

bãyouw Vac 20 v Ökhsaw PMLFi et forsan O, ’khsaw AV 21 parorg¤syh yG
g°now z 22 nÒyvn] mÊyvn P 23 filistie‹m A, filustie‹m z 24 <¶>fruje Oac,
¶fruje AM pçw tiw] pãntiw V post sy°now add. prow skhnvmÅ pro wu ` o`Èl`h`n
kat` o ` l (uoluitne katÒl<vlen> ?) Sb.mg 25/26 om. a 27 ény«n yE kratoËntew
tumpãnoiw ka‹ kumbãloiw d , post quod ka‹ pçsin êlloiw e‡desi mousourg¤aw (= l.
29) add. e 28 calthr¤an V 30 êdomai L 31 ye«n ye“ tr. d ye“ Sec 32/34
om. a 32 …w scripsi] oÂw S ( cf. 9.19) 33 faravn›tin scripsi] faravn¤tin S 34
post xÊsin add. jhrån kayvw per pezÚw ÍmnÅ s Ò pat` Sb.mg (uoluitne Ímn«n s°,
pãt<er>?)
382 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

ÉVidØ bÄ
[Deut. 32:1-43]
NÒmou pãlin graf°ntow ”dØ Mvs°vw.
OÈran°, prÒssxew, g∞ d', §nvt¤syht¤ mou,
ka‹ prosdokãsyv fy°gma toÈmÚn …w drÒsow,
…w ˆmbrow §p' êgrvstin, …w nifåw xlÒ˙.
5 eÂw §stin ≤m›n, eÂw YeÒw, YeÚw mÒnow,
sofÒw, d¤kaiow, pistÒw, fisxurÚw mÒnow:
ıdo‹ d¢ toÊtou ka‹ tr¤boi pçsai kr¤seiw.
otow d¢ laÚw mvrÒw, oÈ sofÚw kr¤sin,
laÚw ponhrÚw ka‹ parektetramm°now.
10 po¤vn kal«n t¤nousi kur¤ƒ g°ra;
oÈk aÈtÚw otow s«ma sÚn diaplãsaw
ka‹ xers‹ pÆjaw ka‹ diaryr≈saw m°lh,
uflÒn te tãjaw ka‹ patØr keklhm°now,
érxÆn t° soi doÁw t«n ırvm°nvn ˜lvn;
15 êfew tå koinå ka‹ skÒpei t«n s«n ˜sa:
patØr §re› soi taËta, presbÊthw g°rvn.
ÉAdåm tÚ pr«ton …w di°speire gÒnouw,
¶neimen ¶ynh ka‹ kay¤sta toÁw ˜rouw:

SPAMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 3 et inde a l. 6

2 Is. 1:2; cf. Io. Geom. 341.15 4 Ps. 71:6; Is. 55:10; Os. 6:3 5 II Reg. 7:22; Sap.
12:13; Eccli. 36:4; Is. 44:6.8; 45:5.6.14.21; 46:9; Bel 41; Ioel 2:27 7 Dan. (Th)
4:34 9 Matth. 17:17; Luc. 9:41; Phil. 2:15 13 Is. 63:16 15 cf. Io. Geom. 277.32
18 Gen. 10:1–32; Act. 17:26

Odae secundae titulus PmgAmgLmgFmgEmg, om. Oe 1 Sb.mg, om. OV graf°nta

i p o s t mvs°vw add. prÒsexe oÈran¢ ka‹ lalÆsv (= Deut. 32:1a) F mg, add.
prÒsexe oÈran¢ GCmgE 2 prÒssxew scripsi sicut Mac] prÒsxew codd. d' om. d 3
ka‹ sugkat°lyoi Sb toumÚn sic: to Os 4 …w1] §p' V êgnvstin V nif∆w A,
nifÚw M xlÒhn dz 5 eÂw2] e‰ V, e F 7 ıdo‹] ˜soi d kr¤sin L a sicut l. 8 8/9
mvrÚw-laÚw om. ob hom. G 8 Lb.mg kr¤sei O, kr¤siw V 9 ponhrÚw bis O
parektetramm°now ] diãstrofon g°now P 10 o·vn a tinÊousi d 11 otow bis O
diaplãsai La 15 t«n ] ta La 16 se g 17 g°nouw V 18 ¶neimen ] <?>nhmaw O
¶ynei A kayistç AMLb, kayistò H, kay¤sa y ˆrouw OA
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êllouw m¢n êlloiw égg°loiw §pistãtaiw,

20 aÈtÚw d' •aut“ kl∞ron e‡lhxe mÒnƒ
tÚn ÉIsraØl sxo¤nisma, toÁw ÑAbram¤daw.
ÙfyalmÚw ∑n êgrupnow aÈt“ prosbl°pvn,
phgØn =°ousan tØn ênudron deiknÊei:
parembal∆n ßsthken efiw frourån kÊklƒ, 176v
25 …w ˆmmatÒw tiw §jetÆrhse kÒrhn,
…w éetÚw pt°rujin eÔ ≤plvm°naiw
sune›xen aÈtoÊw, e‰xe ka‹ metafr°nvn
Ïperye xrus«n, …w neossoÁw ±gãpa.
én∞jen efiw g∞n fisxÊow peplhsm°nhn,
30 poll«n ¶plhsen ≤don«n pikrÚn stÒma:
¶laion §j°rreuse ka‹ m°li p°traw,
bo«n kal«n tÊrvma, yremmãtvn gãla,
érn«n, §r¤fvn, st°ar §k mÒsxvn n°vn,
aÂma staful∞w, ≤dÁ toË puroË krãtow
35 …w xÒrton e‰xon, pantãpasin §trÊfvn.
plhsye‹w ÉIak∆b §jelãktise m°ga,
…w eÈtrafÆw tiw, …w platÊw te ka‹ m°gaw:
…w p«low õttvn toË YeoË paretrãph,
krhmnoÁw d¢ ka‹ fãraggaw e‰xe ka‹ p°traw.
40 ¶yuse pikro›w feË yeo›w ka‹ prosfãtoiw,

SPAMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 24 et inde a l. 28

20/21 Deut. 7:6 25/26 Ps. 16:8 26 Ex. 19:4 30 Deut. 8:7–10; 11:11–15 31 cf.
Io. Geom. 276.31, 290.20 31/32 Deut. 31:20; Ps. 80:17 36 Deut. 31:20; Ier. 5:7;
Os. 13:6 39 cf. Io. Geom. 273.9 40 Ps. 80:10; I Cor. 10:20

19 égg°louw §pistãtaw b 20 •autÚn A, aÍt“ H ≥lhxe Oac mÒnon b 21 tÚn ]

toË V ébram¤daw PO z 22 prÚbl°pvn sic V 24 parembol«n e ßsthkaw S,
¶sthken PMLaFi , ¶stuken V 25 ¶mmatow P §jetÆrese Sac 27 e‰xen V 2 9
efisxÊow Aac peplasm°nhn La 30 pollÚn La piknÚn La 31 §j°reuse OALi ,
§jeÊrese M, §j°leuse V 34 krãtouw V 35 pãnta pçsin SLFi , pãnta pçsi O
36 §jelãkthse O acz megã S 37 eÈtrafe¤w A tiw ] te H m°ga F 38 pÒlow
A F i E 39 krumnoÁw z f ã r a g g a O, f ã l a g g a w AM, f r a g g a w sic G 4 0
prosfÊtoiw P, prosfãthw Fi
384 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

yeo›w bdelukto›w, oÓw ¶gnvsan oÈd°pv.

lip∆n d¢ tÚn tekÒnta ka‹ tr°fontã se,
yeoÁw §po¤eiw toÁw tekÒntaw tØn plãnhn.
e‰de tÚ friktÚn ˆmma ka‹ zhlo› m°ga,
45 yumoË gemisy¢n e‰pen: ÉEjapostr°cv
prÒsvpon ≤dÁ to›w strafe›si tåw fr°naw.
pËr §kk°kautai, yumÚw ≥ryh ka‹ fl°gei
ka‹ g∞n fãg˙ karpoÊw te ka‹ tå g∞w bãyh,
ka‹ pçn sunãjv deinÚn efiw aÈtoÁw tãxow,
50 pçn §kken≈saw t∞w far°traw mou b°low.
lim“ takÆs˙, br«siw Ùrn°vn ¶s˙,
g°now ponhrÒn, pl∞rew fioË yhr¤on,
pikra›w tenÒntvn suntelesyÆs˙ pãyaiw.
stel« kat' aÈt«n y∞raw ±grivm°nouw,
55 ¶jv maxa¤raw, §n tame¤oiw toÁw fÒbouw,
ımoË d¢ pãnta: pary°nƒ nean¤aw
ka‹ sÁn g°ronti mastÚn ßlkon paid¤on.
e‰pon: Diasper« se, yÆsv nvnÊmouw,

SPAMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 45 et inde a l. 49

41 Deut. 13:3.7 45 Deut. 31:17 47/57 Deut. 28:15–68 47 Ier. 15:14; 17:4 4 8
Gen. 3:14 50 Iob 6:4; Ps. 7:13–14; 37:3 50/51 Ez. 5:16 51 Deut. 28:26.48 – cf.
Io. Geom. 323.15 52 cf. Greg. Naz. Carm. mor. 34.245; Carm. de se ipso 40.16
53 Leu. 26:25; Ez. 5:17 54 Leu. 26:22; Ios. 23:5; Ier. 8:17; Ez. 5:17 55 Deut.
28:66–67; Thren. 1:20; Ez. 7:15 56/57 Thren. 1:18; 2:21; Am. 8:13 58 Deut.
28:64

4 1 oÂw b ¶gnvsan ] ¶yusan OAM hG, ¶yusen H, ¶yhsan k 4 2 lipÚn y

tr°fontã ] s–zontã S 44 e‰den LF, ‰den V m e g ã S 4 5 partim illeg. O
§japostr°fv a 46 ≤dÁ Scheidweiler] fidoÁ codd. traf∞si V, trafe›si F 47 pËr
§kk°kautai] parekk°kautai z , pËr §k L b.mg fl°gh S 49 sunãjon F i.ac 50 om.
ob hom. yi pçn §kken≈saw ] ka‹ pçn ken«sa P, ka‹ pçn ken≈sv g Lb.mg
b°low ] lÒge Si.ac 51 br≈shw V 52 post ponhrÒn add. ka‹ d fioÁ M yhr¤ou GE
53 temnÒntvn S, ktainÒntvn O, temÒntvn V suntelesye¤s˙ S, suntelesyÆ V
spãyaiw P, spãyew O, payow sic Fi 54 stell S ac , tel« H 55 êjv dLb.mgV
tim¤oiw V 56 pary°nouw g , pary°now z 57 masyÚn z 58 e‰pa L diasper« sai
Ei yÊsvn»nÊmouw V, yÊsvnvnÊmouw F
 MARC DE GROOTE 385

efi mØ di' ÙrgØn barbãrvn parafrÒnvn,

60 makroxronoÊntvn, mØ sunektr¤cvs¤ se
ka‹ kompãsvsi ka‹ lalÆsvsi m°ga:
ÑHm«n ¶drase taËta xe¤r, oÈ kur¤ou.
¶ynow går êfron ka‹ parektetramm°non:
§w Ïsteron d¢ taËta gn≈sontai tãxa.
65 di≈jetai går eÂw mÒnow p«w xil¤ouw,
ka‹ mur¤ouw klinoËsi p«w mÒnoi dÊo,
efi mØ YeÚw p°praken aÈtoÁw efiw fÒnon
ka‹ xers‹n §kd°dvke ta›w §nant¤vn;
yeo‹ går aÈt«n oÈd¢n ‰soi t“ mÒnƒ:
70 parafrone›, m°mhnen ¶ynh tå j°na,
oÂw êmpelow m¢n SodÒmvn ka‹ GomÒrraw,
xol∞w stafulÆ, pikr¤aw plÆrhw bÒtruw,
yumÚw drakÒntvn o‰now, fiÚw ésp¤dvn.
oÈ sumforÆsaw §sfrãgisa taËtã moi,
75 ka‹ pãnta ke›tai nËn teyhsaurism°na;
§n ≤m°r& t¤sousi taËta t∞w d¤khw:
ı kairÚw §ggÊw, ±kÒnhtai tÚ j¤fow,
tÚ tÒjon §nt°taka, tª neurò b°low.

SPAMHLVFGCE O usque at l. 70 et inde a l. 74

62 Deut. 8:17 63 Ier. 4:22 65 Is. 30:17 67 cf. Greg. Naz. Christus patiens 1425
68 Iud. 2:14 73 Iob 20:16 75 II Petr. 3:7 76 Rom. 12:19; Hebr. 10:30 77 Apoc.
1:3; 22:10 – Ps. 44:6; 119:4

60 se Os 61 kompãsousi La yi lalÆsosi V, lalÆsaÒsi k 62 khr¤ou S 6 3

êfrvn AF i, êfronon L 6 4 §sÊsteron S, efiw Ïsteron OLFi , efisÊsteron d, efiw
Ïstron V genÆsontai S 65 xeil¤ouw S ac, lil¤ouw V 66 muriãdaw A kl¤nousi V
pvw L mÒnoi dÊo tr. Aac mÒnoi] mÒnow S ac, men ofl V, men o F ac 67 p°praxen O
aÈtÚw G fyÒnon S 68 §kd°dvken V ta›w] t«n ez 69 aÈtÚn L ‡soi d t“ om.
S nÒmv i 70 parafron∞ S, parãfron efi V m°mhnaw S, m°mhlen d , m°meinen V
71 sodÒmon E 72 staful∞w P plÆrhw ] polÁw d 73 fiÚw ] uflÚw A 74 §frãgisaw k
76 kt¤sousi V 77 jÊfow V 78 §nt°tatai O ez, §nt°taktai A nebrç Gi b°low ]
tÒjo Oi.ac
386 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

krine› går aÈtoÁw kÊriow ka‹ to›w lãtraiw

80 ÙfyalmÚn ≤dÁn §mbale› pefrikÒsin:
e‰de går aÈtoÁw §ktÒpvw pareim°nouw,
§jhporhm°nouw te ka‹ leloipÒtaw.
fid∆n ¶fhsen: Ofl yeo‹ poË ka‹ f¤loi,
§f' oÂw §yãrroun, §jekÒmpazon m°ga,
85 œn yusi«n tÚ st°ar, œn spond«n =Êsin
efiw pl∞rew e‰xon ≤dÁ br«ma ka‹ pÒma;
otoi gen°syvn sÊmmaxoi ka‹ prostãtai.
oÈk ¶sti, gn«te, plØn §moË YeÚw mÒnow,
oÈk ¶sti, kín drãmhte g∞n te ka‹ pÒlon:
90 §g∆ teleut∞w ka‹ pno∞w ı tam¤aw,
§g∆ patãssv, fãrmakon d¢ traumãtvn
§g∆ t¤yhmi: t¤w se xeir«n §j°loi 177r
§m«n kratous«n g∞w, pÒlou ka‹ t«n kãtv;
a‡rv prÚw Ïcow xe›ra, toËto d' ÙmnÊv:
95 Z« ka‹ xron¤zv kre›tton afi≈nvn ˜lvn,
zvØ d¢ mçllon ka‹ pnoØ pãntvn ¶fun.
§mØn mãxairan éstrap∞w tiy« flÒga,

SPAMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 95

79/80 Ps. 134:14; Hebr. 10:30 83 Ier. 2:28 88 cf. Io. Geom. 327.6 88/89 II Reg.
7:22; Sap. 12:13; Eccli. 36:4; Is. 44:6.8; 45:5.6.14.21; 46:9; Bel 41; Ioel 2:27 90 I
Reg. 2:6; IV Reg. 5:7; Tob. 13:2; Sap. 16:13; Iac. 4:12; cf. Io. Damasc. Hom. in sabb.
sanct. 28 91/92 Is. 19:22; cf. Io. Chrysos. Hom. in Gen. 20.3 92/93 Iob 10:7; Is.
43:13 96 cf. Io. Geom. 318.18; 321.6

79 går om. S aÈto›w b 80 ≤dÁn ] fide›n d pefrikÒsi A 8 1 e‰den PLb 8 2

leloipÒtaw ] pepram°nouw P 83 ¶fusen y poË] tou sic A 84 §jekÒmpazon] oÂw
§kÒmpazon POz, ka‹ §kÒmpazon d megã S 85 spod«n SOALbyi, pod«n PLa 87
gen°syv P y, gen°ylvn La 88 Lb.mg, om. ob hom. yi 89 oÈk ¶sti om. G kén S,
kõn H drãmhte legi non potuit A, dram∞te VFec, drãmhtai Gi 90 teleut∞w ]
yanãtou P ı tam¤aw] aÈtokrãtvr PQac tam¤aw] tame¤aw AMh, post quod §g∆
yanãtou ka‹ pno∞w ( pnv∞w V) aÈtokrãtvr add. b 92 se ] d¢ dL b §j°lh ghk ,
§j°lei G t¤yimi V, yhmi E 93 §mÚn V kratoËsi a 94 toÊtv P d' ÙmnÊvn S, d'
ımnÊv LF, domnÊv V 95 kre¤ttvn La ˜lon V, ˜lhn G 96 zv∞ y ¶fhn VCac,
¶fin E
 MARC DE GROOTE 387

ény°jetai d¢ xe‹r §mØ t«n krimãtvn,

katajan« mãstiji toÁw épostãtaw:
100 b°lh meyÊsv t«n brote¤vn aflmãtvn
ka‹ tØn §mØn mãxairan §k t«n svmãtvn.
oÏtv strathgÆsantow êrti kur¤ou,
sk¤rta m°n, afiyÆr, oÈranÚw sÁn égg°loiw,
ka‹ proskune›te pçsa t“ kt¤st˙ kt¤siw:
105 ¶ynh, xãrhte, kl∞row, uflo‹ kur¤ou.

ÉVidØ gÄ
[I Reg. 2:1–10]

ÜAnnhw SamouØl mhtrÚw eÈxarist¤a.

ÑVw §kratÊnyhn kur¤ƒ tØn kard¤an,
≥ryh k°raw mou t“ Ye“, ka‹ tÚ stÒma
§jeplatÊnyh ka‹ kat' §xyr«n fisxÊei.
5 oÈk ¶stin oÈde‹w kÊriow plØn soË mÒnou,
d¤kaiow oÈde‹w …w sÊ moi YeÚw mÒnow.
taËt' oÔn ır«ntew, toÁw ÍperkÒmpouw lÒgouw

SPMHLVFGCE O inde a l. 100 A usque ad l. 99

100/101 Ier. 46:10; Ez. 21:13–22 103 cf. Io. Geom. 304.17, 27
(Od. 3 ) 2/36 Luc. 1:46–55 2 Is. 61:10; Luc. 1:47 5 Deut. 32:39; II Reg. 7:22;
Sap. 12:13; Eccli. 36:4; Is. 44:6.8; 45:5.6.14.21; 46:9; Bel 41; Ioel 2:27 – cf. Io.
Geom. 327.6 6 Deut. 32:4 – cf. Io. Geom. 338.18 7/9 Ps. 74:6

100 brot«n Eac 101 om. ob hom. OV 102 êrti] ênti e 103 skirtå S, k¤rta G
sunagg°loiw E 104 proskune›tai LF i
Odae tertiae titulus SmgPmgLmgFmgk mg, om. O e 1 Sb.mg, om. OV ënnhw scripsi]
ênnhw SP eFi, ê n h w L e È x a r i s t ¤ a partim illeg. S, post eÈxarist¤a add.
§stere≈yh ≤ kard¤a mou (= I Reg. 2:1b) Fmgk, add. §stere≈yh ≤ kard¤a G 3
æryh H, ¥ryh k 4 §jeplhtÊnyh V fisxu¤ou V 5 plØn ] …w Gac sou eLk , toË y , sÊ
moi yeÚw G ac ( cf. l. 6) 6 G mg oÈde‹w …w ] oÈdaË O 7 taÊtoÔn V, t' aÔt' oÔn F
ÍperkÒsmouw V
388 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

§kklin°tv pçw mhd¢ xeil°vn prÒ˙,

mhd' ˆgkon êr˙, mØ fres¤, mØ kard¤&:
10 YeÚw går otow gn≈sevn ı despÒthw,
t°xnai d' ßtoimoi t“ texnourg“ t«n ˜lvn.
tÒjon kratai«n ±sy°nhsen efiw t°low,
ofl d' ésyenoËntew zvnnÊontai tÚ krãtow:
pein«sin êrtvn ofl pr‹n §mpeplhsm°noi,
15 pein«ntew ofl pr‹n g∞n par∞kan §k kÒrou:
t¤ktei m¢n •ptå koil¤a steiroum°nh,
êllh d' êteknow, ≤ pr‹n eÈteknoum°nh.
YeÚw xorhgÚw ka‹ teleut∞w ka‹ pno∞w,
bãllei kay' údou, prÚw tÚ f«w ßlkei pãlin.
20 Íco›, tapeino›, ptvx¤saw µ plout¤saw.
p°nhtaw §k g∞w §janistò, kopr¤aw
ptvxoÁw §ge¤rei, kuklik«w pãnta str°fei,
yrÒnoiw dunast«n §gkay¤zei toÁw kãtv.
eÈxãw te plhro› ka‹ dika¤vn toÁw xrÒnouw
25 §peuloge›, d¤dvsin eÈethr¤an:
fisxurÚw énØr oÈk §n fisxÊi sy°nei,
YeÚw d¢ toÊtou sumpate› tÚn §nstãthn.
mhde‹w fres‹ goËn mhd¢ ploÊtƒ, mØ b¤&

SPMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 17 et inde a l. 23

13 Is. 40:29; cf. Greg. Naz. Epist. 44.5 16 Ps. 112:9 18 cf. Io. Geom. 300.16
18/19 Deut. 32:39; I Reg. 2:6; IV Reg. 5:7; Tob. 13:2; Sap. 16:13; Iac. 4:12 20/24
Iob 5:11; 12:19; Ps. 112:7–8; Prou. 3:34; Eccli. 10:14; Ez. 21:31; Luc. 1:52–53 22
cf. Io. Geom. 281.27

8 mØd¢n sic P prÒei P, pr≈h V 9 kard¤an ez 10 gn≈sevw ey 12 krataiÚn

PeLbyi, dunat«n O 13 zvnÊontai L, zvn¤nontai V, zvnnÊonte G 14/17
transposui I Reg. 2:5 nisus] 16-17-14-15 codd. 14 êrton O ez §mpeplhm°noi L
15 ofl – g∞n] efiw g∞n pr‹n y o„ L, post ofl add. g∞n i 19 pãlin] p°lei y 2 0
plout¤saw ( ploutÆsaw e) µ ptvx¤saw (tr.) ez 21 p°nitaw SV 23 tÚn P 25
§p'eÈloge› O, §peÈloge›n V, §peuloge›n F, §peulogei sic C, §peulÒgei E 2 6
§nisxÊei OM 28 fres‹n V g' oÔn F plãtv y, plãtei i b¤v P
 MARC DE GROOTE 389

sofÒw, krataiÒw, ploÊsiow sy°nvn m°ga

30 m°ga frone¤tv. pãnta =e›, pãnta str°fei,
fÒbow YeoË b°baion §n b¤ƒ mÒnon:
t∞w éret∞w ≤ kt∞siw oÈ ynπskei xrÒnƒ.
pÒlond' én∞lye kÊriow, brontò m°ga,
§j Íst°rou g∞w êkra kr¤n˙ sÁn d¤k˙:
35 otow par°jei to›w kratoËsi tÚ krãtow,
k°raw d¢ xrist«n oÈranoË yÆsei m°xri.

ÉVidØ dÄ
[Hab. 3:2–19]

ToË despÒtou sãrkvsin ÉAmbakoÁm ¶fh:

FÆmhw me t∞w s∞w ¶sxe, kÊrie, trÒmow,
¶rgvn d¢ t«n s«n yãmbow §j°sths° me.
…w gnvstÚw ≤m›n §n dus‹ zva›w ¶s˙,
5 …w §kfanØw d¢ t«n xrÒnvn §p' §sxãtvn:
kair“ d¢ lãmceiw ka‹ fÒbƒ pefrikÒtow
o‡ktou sÁ mnÆs˙ ka‹ kataste¤l˙w d°ow,

SPOMHLVFGCE

30 cf. Heraclit. Test. 1 (= Diog. Laert. 9.8); Test. 6 (= Pl. Crat. 402A8); Io. Geom.
281.27; 323.4; Simplicius Comm. in Arist. Physic. 5.4; 8.8
(Od. 4) 2 Deut. 2:25

29 syen°vn y megã S, megãw V, m°gaw F i 30 megã SV frone¤tƒ L 31 yeoË

om. i b¢ba‹ O, biaion sic La 32 kt¤siw O hGac, kt›siw E xrÒnon e 33 pÒlond'
Scheidweiler] efiw oÈranoÁw codd.; cf. Paraphr. l. 220 én∞l sic O brontò m°ga ]
brot«n L 34 Íst°gou e krÆnh S, krine› O, kr¤nei z 35/36 om. H 36 om. POMz
Odae quartae titulus SmgPmgLmgFmgk mg, om. O e 1 om. OV sãrkvsiw Sa
ébbakoÁm e , ébakoÁm L i post ¶fh add. kÊrie efisakÆkoa thn sic (= Hab. 3:2a )
Fmg, add. kÊrie efisakÆkoa tØn ékoÆn sou i 2 mÆmhw M, …w mou fa¤netai mnÆmhw
yelei sic Mmg, mnÆmhw H, fÆmÆw Lb.ec, mÆmÆw V, ÆmÆw F (f Fmg ) kÊrie] xrist° e
trÒmow] tÚ krãtow e , krãtow Oz §j°ths° O 4 zv∞w V 5 §kfan∞w SO, §mfanØw
PV ac, §mfane‹w Vpc, §kfane‹w F 6 lãmcei H, lãmchw La.eci pefrikÒtew O 7
o‡kta M, Ùikta H mnÆsei y deÒw S, d°ouw forsan E
390 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

…w §jan¤sxeiw g∞w •–aw fvsfÒrow,

l°vn kay≈sper §j ˆrouw katask¤ou.
10 s∞w éret∞w ¶krucen oÈranoÁw plãtow,
¶plhse dÒjhw tØn ˜lhn ofikoum°nhn,
o f°ggow …w f«w, xers‹n fisxÊow k°raw,
f¤ltron krataiÒn, o‰ktow oÈk ¶xvn p°raw:
o prÚ pros≈pou §kporeÊsetai lÒgow,
15 paideutikØ mãxaira, d¤stomon j¤fow.
¶sthw, §se¤syh xy≈n: §pe›dew, tÆketai
¶ynh krataiã, tª b¤& dieyrÊbh
ˆrh petr«n te sklhrÒthw dierrãgh.
pçw §ptoÆyh Madiãm, pçw Afiy¤oc.
20 kay' Ídãtvn ste¤leiaw ÙrgØn mØ sÊ ge,
yumÚw d¢ to›w =°ousi mØ sÚw §mp°soi,
mhd' §n yalãss˙ sØ parÒrmhsiw, m°don;
¶bhw §f' ·ppouw, flppãs˙ svthr¤an.
tene›w tÚ tÒjon ka‹ katå skÆptrvn bale›w. 177v
25 =agÆsetai g∞ namãtvn éeirrÊtvn.
»d‹w §p°lyoi to›w bl°pousi sØn xãrin
ka‹ suntarãjeiw Ídãtvn tåw plhmmÊraw:

SPMHLVFGCE O usque ad l. 10 et inde a l. 14

8 §jan¤sxei P, §jan¤sxhw e g∞w om. k 8/9 cf. Io. Geom. 308.1 9 Ps. 9:30; 16:12;
Ier. 27:44; 30:13 11 Num. 14:21; Ps. 71:19 – cf. Io. Geom. 344.27 15 Hebr. 4:12;
Apoc. 1:16; 2:12; cf. Eustath. Comm. ad Hom. Od. 3.332; Io. Geom. 328.16 16
Iud. 5:4; Ps. 103:32 16/17 Ex. 15:15 19 Ex. 15:16 24 Ps. 57:8 25 Num. 16:31

9 ˜rouw L 10 éret∞w] oÈranÚw P oÈranoÁw ] éret∞w P, oÈranÚw e 11 dÒjan e , dÒja

z 13 f ¤ l k t r o n S, f¤ltrvn La 14 prÚ pros≈pvn SO, propros≈pvn P,
propros≈pou Vk, prpros≈pvn sic F §kporeÊetai P 15 paideutik∞ y d¤stomou
sic V 1 6 ß s t h w uoluit O §pe¤syh S, se¤syh G tÆketai ] tØk°teynh V,
tÆket¶ynh Fec, tÆket' ¶ynh i 17 krataiç P, krataiåw V 18 petr«n ] pers«n P
te ] d¢ P 20 ste›law Lay, ste¤law i mØ ] me G sÊ ge ] sÊgh V 21 om. O 22 mhd'
§n ] mØd§na V sØ ] sÁ O parormÆseiw O m°dvn Pez , m°nvn O 23 ¶bhw] evw sic
Sa ·ppou H 24 tÚ om. G tÒjvn La sk∞ptron P i bãlhw Oi , bãllhw ML, bãl˙w
H, bãlleiw y 25 g∞n amãtvn E gª V ôeirÉ=Êtvn H 26 »d‹w ] …w d‹w e
§p°lyh Fi sØn ] tØn z
 MARC DE GROOTE 391

fvnØn êbussow ∑ren, Íc≈yh m°ga

ı fvtÚw êrxvn, …w par¤ppeuse kãtv,
30 ¶sth prÚw aÈgåw ≤ selÆnh toË pÒlou:
sØ ka‹ bol‹w f«w, éstrap∞w d¢ pËr ˜plon.
g∞n §jerhmo›w sa›w épeila›w, s“ xÒlƒ
¶ynh katãjeiw. ∑lyew efiw svthr¤an
laoË te toË soË t«n te so‹ kexrism°nvn:
35 bãlleiw kat' §xyr«n dusmenestãtvn mÒron,
desmo›w traxÆlouw, suntr¤beiw toÁw aÈx°naw.
kãraw dunast«n §kt°mneiw §n §kstãsei
ka‹ seismÚw aÈtoÁw lÆcetai t∞w kard¤aw:
xanoËsin oÂa ptvxÚw §sy¤vn lãyr&.
40 ·ppouw d¢ toÁw soÁw eÈdrome›n kay' Ídãtvn
d°dvkaw, ÍgrÚn suntarãttontaw kÊtow.
kateplãghn, ¶frija ka‹ sunestãlhn
oÂw yespiƒd« ka‹ tÚ m°llon probl°pv:
efis∞lyen aÈt«n m°xriw Ùst°vn trÒmow,
45 suneklonÆyhn ka‹ bãyow t∞w fisxÊow.
énÆsomai tÚ pneËma kair“ t«n pÒnvn,
efiw laÚn ¶lyv t∞w §m∞w paroik¤aw.

SPMHLFGCE O usque ad l. 37 et inde a l. 41 V usque ad l. 34

30 Ios. 10:13 40/41 Ps. 76:20; Is. 43:16 41 Ps. 64:8 46 Is. 61:10; Luc. 1:47

28 ¬ren OH, ∏ren E ÍcÒyi POLFi, Íc≈yen V 29 per¤ppeuse O, par¤pteuse

LayG, per¤pteuse k 30 ßsth F pÒyou Gac 31 s∞ y bol∞w Oac, bolo›w E ac, bolÚw
E pc 32 §jerhmo›si M, post §jerhmo›w add. sÁ H, §jerhme›w LF i 33 katãjaiw S
∑lyen V efisvthr¤an S 34 laoÊw eL b te 2 om. O soi HL kexarism°nvn O,
kexrhm°nvn La , kexrhsm°nvn F i 3 5 desmenestãtvn M 3 6 desme›w PH
traxÆlvn LF i suntr¤ceiw O e 37 partim illeg. O §nekstãsv S b 38 seismoÁw
S M ac L a le¤cetai P, lÆcete F i 3 9 xaunoËsin Se 4 1 < d ° > d v k a w u e l
< ¶ > d v k a w O suntarãssontaw O k∞tow O 4 2 < k > a t e p l Æ g h n O 4 3
yespesivd« O, yespesivd«n LF probl°pvn LFi 44 aÈtoÁw e , aÈtÚw F, aÈt«
k 45 suneklonÆyhn – fisxÊow] aÈtÚw kay' aÈtÚn §klonÆyhn oÈ sy°nv P, post
fisxÊow add. aÈtÚw kay' aÍtÚn (aÈtÚn OLacF) §klonÆyhn (§klonÆyh O) oÈ sy°nv
(sy°now e, sy°nvn Li, sy°non Fi) OeLFi 46 xarÆsomai S
392 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

di' œn suk∞ gluke›a karp“ mØ br¤sei

mhd' eÈforÆsei bÒtruw §n ta›w émp°loiw:
50 ceusyÆsomai d¢ ta›w §la¤aiw prosbl°pvn,
ka‹ t∞w éroÊraw br«siw oÈ plÆsei stÒma:
ka‹ yremmãtvn tÚ pl∞yow §kl°loip° moi
lim“ tak°ntvn, ka‹ bo«n kenØ fãtnh.
§mo‹ d¢ dÒja kÊriow, xarã, sy°now,
55 efiw sunt°leian t«n kal«n tãttvn pÒdaw,
tiye‹w prÚw Ïcow Àste nikçn §n m°lei.

ÉVidØ eÄ
[Is. 26:9–19]

ÑHsa˝ou prÒrrhsiw - eÈxØ tÚ pl°on.

ÉEk nuktÚw aÈgØn e‰de sØn tÚ pneËmã mou:

f«w går nÒmow sÚw to›w §fhm°roiw, lÒge.
ofl g∞w ¶noikoi, gn«te tØn ‡shn kr¤sin.
5 fidoÊ, p°raw går ¶sxe t«n tolmhmãtvn
pçw dussebÆw, ˘w oÈ didãsketai kr¤sin
oÈd' ÙryÚn o‰den ¶rgon §n gª ka‹ lÒgon.

SPMHLFGCE O usque ad Od. 5 l. 5

48 Ier. 5:17; Os. 9:2 53 cf. Io. Geom. 323.15 54 Is. 12:2 55 Ps. 17:34 56 Deut.
32:13; II Reg. 22:34; Ps. 17:34; Is. 58:14

48 karpÚn e L F i br¤sh O, brÊsei MiLaFi, brÊsoi Ms H L b 4 9 eÈforÆsh O,

eÈforÆsoi eLi 50 probl°pvn O eLFi 51 éroÊrhw PO br«seiw F ple¤sei P 5 3
lim«ta kÆtvn E ken∞ M, kenª H fãtn˙ H 54 <§>mØ O 55 suntele¤an PO
56 Àste ] ˜w te L nikòn HL m°lei] sy°nei O
Odae quintae titulus SmgPmgLmgFmgk mg, om. O e 1 om. O eÈxhw sic H post
pl°on add. §k nuktÚw Ùryr¤zh (cf. Is. 26:9b ) CE, add. §k nuktÚw G 2 e‰de sØn
aÈgØn (tr.) O sØn] so‹ F pneu sic: to Fs 4 ¶noikoi ] §n o‡kƒ L, ¶noikoi Lb.mg
‡shn] ‡sin P, toÊtou O, sØn e 5 Lb.mg, om. ob hom. F i 6 ˘w – kr¤sin] pçw §rr°tv
merÒpvn LFi oÈ Ss 7 oÂdon E lÒgƒ La, lÒgv Fi
 MARC DE GROOTE 393

≥strace XristÒw: dussebØw pçw §rr°tv,

…w afisxrÚn ˆmma dÒjan ègnØn oÈk ‡d˙.
10 …w ∑n krataiÚw sÚw brax¤vn, Xrist° mou,
ka‹ toËton oÈk ædeisan ofl tolmht¤ai,
plØn gnÒntew ofim≈jousi ka‹ sÁn afisxÊn˙:
z∞low kay°jei laÚn ±grivm°non,
ka‹ lÆcetai pËr …w trofØn §nant¤ouw.
15 ˘w pçn kalÚn d°dvkaw, efirÆnhn d¤dou.
sÚn plãsma, plãsthw, §janaplãsaiw tãxow:
oÈk ‡smen êllon plØn mÒnou soË despÒthn.
…w oÈ pãlin pneÊsousin ofl teynhkÒtew,
oÈd' fiatro‹ s≈sousi nekroÁw §k tãfou:
20 ény' œn §pãjeiw, §joloyreÊseiw, êr˙w
pçn êrsen aÈt«n ka‹ katãjeiw efiw tãfon.
to›w g∞w krataio›w deinå prÒsyew, Xrist° mou.
prÚw s¢ bl°pousin ofl fÒbƒ pefrikÒtew,
paideutikØ sØ =ãbdow efiw mikrÚn d°ow.
25 t¤ktousan Àsper ¶sxen »d‹w ka‹ mÒgow

SPMHLFGCE O inde a l. 9

10 Ps. 88:11; 117:15–16; Sap. 11:21; cf. Io. Geom. 266.26 13 cf. Io. Geom. 322.20
14 Is. 64:1; Hebr. 10:27 15 Matth. 10:34; Luc. 12:51; Ioh. 14:27; II Thess. 3:16
16 cf. Io. Geom. 269.19 17 Deut. 32:39; II Reg. 7:22; Sap. 12:13; Eccli. 36:4; Is.
44:6.8; 45:5.6.14.21; 46:9; Bel 41; Ioel 2:27 – cf. Io. Geom. 327.6 20 Deut. 28:61;
Is. 48:9; Ez. 6:3 24 cf. Basil. Caes. Hom. super ps. 44.7; Euseb. Caes. Comm. in
ps. 109.3; Comm. in Is. 58 (= 10.5–6); 89 (= 27.1); Theodoret. Cyri Interpr. in Ez.
7.19.10–11; Synod. CPolit. (a. 536) Actio I: Libellus monachorum ad Agapetum
25/26 Is. 13:8; 54:1; I Thess. 5:3

8 post §rr°tv add. ı despÒthw ≥stracen, §xyrÚw ( ≥strace xristÚw G) §rr°tv

PeLFi 11 oÈk¤dhsan O 13 kay°lei L, kay°jei L b.mg 14 trofÚw O 15 ˘w] …w
HL 16 §janaplãsai P, §janaplãssaiw O tãxow] mÒnon O, mÒnow e LFi, post
quod sÚn plãsma plãsthw add. Fac 17 mÒnon OLFGE sou Pe, sÚn L d°spota P,
despÒtou Fac 18 …w oÈ pãlin ] ßvw pãlin e, ßvw pã L b.mg 19 s≈sousin MFac
20 §joloyreÊsei O 21 kayejeiw sic O 22 deinå prÒsyew tr. O 24 paideutik∞
Oac sÁ O
394 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

drimÊw tiw – ÙjÁ =Ægnusi, boò m°ga –,

ka‹ sØ kat°sth mo›ra toioutotrÒpvw:
tÚn sÚn fÒbon sun°sxe, gastr‹ kard¤aw
v
Ö dine. t¤ktei pneËma t∞w svthr¤aw;
30 oÈ dÆ: pese›tai pçw tiw ı bl°pvn ênv,
ofl gª pesoËntai tªde prostethkÒtew.
pneÊsousi nekro‹ ka‹ palai«n mnhmãtvn
ofikÆtorew le¤cousin ëlmasi l¤youw,
plhsyÆsetai d¢ xarmon∞w pçsa kt¤siw:
35 ‡ama pçsi to›w broto›w ≤ sØ drÒsow,
mÒnh pese›tai dusseb«n katoik¤a. 178r

ÉVidØ ıÄ
[Ion. 2:3–10]

ÉEk yhrÚw §kraÊgasen ÉIvnçw tãde:

PrÚw kÊrion k°kraga susxeye‹w pÒnoiw

kéke›now efisÆkouse ka‹ fyãnei tãxow:
≥kouse kraug∞w koil¤aw §k tartãrou.
5 =¤caw yalãsshw efiw bãyh me kard¤aw,
kuklo› potamo›w, Ídãtvn pl∞yow x°ei

SPMHLFGCE O usque ad l. 28

28 Iob 31:23 31 cf. Greg. Naz. Epist. 223.4 32 Eph. 5:14

(Od. 6) 2/3 Ps. 30:23; 119:1; 129:1–2; Hab. 1:2 4 Thren. 3:55–56

26 ÙjÁ scripsi] ÙjÁw codd. =Ægnousi M 27 s∞ O ac, so‹ e , soi Fi toioutrÒpvw O,

toioutrÒpow k 28 sÊnesxe LFGC, sÊnexen Eac, sÊnexe Epc 29 »d¤naw L 3 0
oÈde› S, oÈd¢ La F pese›te F i 31 ≤ g∞ pese›tai L, ofl gª pesoËntai L b.mg
prostetethkÒtew sic S 33 le¤cousin scripsi] lÆcousin S, =¤cousin Pe LFi
êlmasi PCacE 34 kt∞siw L a, kl¤siw G ac 35 post broto›w add. katoik¤a broto›w
Mac 36 mÒnoi La
Odae sextae titulus SmgPmgLmgFmgi mg, om. e 1 post tãde add. §bÒhsa §n yl¤cei
mou (= Ion. 2:3b ) G mg, add. §bÒhsa en ylÆch C, add. §bÒhsa §n ylÆch mou E 3
kôke›now HLF fyãnh L 6 kuklo›w F pl∞yow ] kÊklv L (pl∞yow Lb.mg)
 MARC DE GROOTE 395

flknoÊmenÒn mou pneÊmatow ka‹ kard¤aw:

§moË di∞lye pãnta t«n s«n kumãtvn.
¶fhn: ÉAp«smai, Xrist° mou, s«n Ùmmãtvn.
10 Ïdvr kat°rrei t∞w §m∞w cux∞w m°xri,
êbussow §sxãth me kuklo› tÚn tãlan,
sxisma›w petr«n ¶dusa ka‹ g∞w puym°naw
’khsa, moxloÁw e‰don érrÆktouw pãlai,
éll' §k fyorçw f«w ≤ zvÆ mou blecãtv,
15 s¢ tØn gluke›an t«n ır≈ntvn ≤m°ran.
…w §kpn°ein ¶mellon, …w lipe›n b¤on,
énepter≈yhn n“ lab∆n tÚn despÒthn.
§mØ proseuxØ prÚw yrÒnon tÚn sÚn drãmoi
ka‹ so›w éxrãntoiw eÈyÁw »s‹n §mp°soi.
20 ¶leican …w ¶leon aÈt«n ofl mãthn
laloËntew µ fronoËntew, ofl plÆreiw fyÒnou:
§g∆ d¢ yÊsv dÒjan, a‰non xeil°vn,
dãkru, proseuxÆn, suntribØn t∞w kard¤aw,
ka‹ pãnta d≈sv yçtton …w ÍpesxÒmhn,
25 so‹ s«stra t¤nvn t“ kratoËnti t«n ˜lvn.

SPMHLFGCE

8 Ps. 41:8 9 Ps. 30:23 10 Ps. 68:2 12 Is. 2:19.21 14 Iob 33:28; Ps. 15:10 – cf.
Io. Geom. 321.6 20/21 I Cor. 13:11 23 Prou. 17:10; 18:12 24/25 Ps. 21:26 2 5
cf. Io. Geom. 319.18

7 moi L aFi kard¤a e , kard¤an LF i 8 pãnta ] pneËma e LFi 11 esxãthw sic E

tãla e 12 sxismåw e LFi ¶dusa] Övkhsa P 15 post ır≈ntvn add. tØn Fac 1 6
¶melon E b¤ou G 17 n“ ] nËn S lab«n E ac 18 drãmh e 19 eÈyÁw »s‹n tr.
PeLFi §mp°sei Fi 20 ¶lucan La, ¶loican Fi ¶leon scripsi] ¶lai S, ¶laion cett.
aÈtÚn LFi 21 µ] ofl LaCac, ∂ CpcE 23 dãkru proseuxÆn ] dãkruon eÈxÆn e LFi 24
dÊsv k … w ] œn PMLF i 25 s«stra t¤nvn t“ ] s“ strat¤nvn t“ H, t“ (s«
Lb.mg) strat¤nvnt« L, s« , strat¤nvnt« F
396 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

ÉVidØ zÄ
[Dan. 3:26–56]

DrÒsow kam¤nou – t«n tri«n a‰now n°vn.

ÑVw eÈloghtÒw, afinetÒw, dÒjhw g°mvn
YeÚw p°fukaw, ı pr‹n Ùfye‹w patrãsi,
YeÚw krataiÒw, friktÒw, ofiktirm«n g°mvn:
5 d¤kaiow e‰ tå pãnta ka‹ pçsai kr¤seiw
afl sa‹ d¤kaioi, pçsa d' eÈye›a tr¤bow,
ka‹ pçsa prçjiw efiw élÆyeian bl°pei,
ka‹ pãnta nËn §p∞jaw ≤m›n sÁn d¤k˙,
≤m›n te ka‹ soË tª panolb¤ƒ pÒlei,
10 pÒlei krataiò, filtãtvn sou patr¤di.
poll«n d¤kaw soi t¤nomen tolmhmãtvn,
…w §japestrãfhmen, …w épostãtai
v
Öfyhmen §k soË. toÁw tey°ntaw soi nÒmouw
patoËntew oÈk ¶gnvmen: oÈ prostagmãtvn
15 t«n s«n §pestrãfhmen oÈd¢ kard¤aiw
kekrumm°naiw sune¤domen tå prakt°a.
di' œn dika¤vw §jetÒjeusaw b°low
ëpan kay' ≤m«n, pçn §p∞jaw sÁn kr¤sei:
d°dvkaw ≤mçw xers‹ dusmenestãtaiw

SPMHLFGCE

2 I Par. 29:10.20; Neh. 7:27 4 Deut. 7:21 5/7 Neh. 19:33; Tob. 3:2.5; Ioh. 5:30;
Apoc. 16:7; 19:2 6 Tob. 4:19; Is. 40:3; Matth. 3:3; Marc. 1:3; Luc. 3:4 13/15
Neh. 11:7; 19:33; Tob. 3:4–5; Is. 59:12–13; Bar. 1:18; Dan. 9:5.7.9–11 15/16 Iob
17:4; cf. Greg. Nyss. In Cant. cant. hom. 1, in Cant. 1.2b; Io. Chrysos. Fragm. in
Ier. 17.9

Odae septimae titulus Smg P mg L mg F mg k mg , o m . e 1 S mg post n°vn add.

eÈloghtÚw e‰ kÊrie ı yeÚw (= Dan. 3:26a) i 3 ı pr‹n Lb.mg patrãsin LF i 4
ofikt¤rmvn S 6 s¢ G 7 élhye¤an bl°pein Fac 8 sÁn ] jun sic G 10 filtãtv La
11 pollåw S so‹ MLFi te¤nomen SML, te›nomi §n F, te¤noimi i 13 toÁw Lb 1 5
épestrãfhmen e Lb kard¤aw Gac 16 kekrim°naiw Pe 18 pçn Lb sÁn] §n e Lb
 MARC DE GROOTE 397

20 §xyr«n ép¤stvn, §knÒmvn, miaifÒnvn,

dein“ basile› ka‹ turannikvtãtƒ,
nik«nti pçsan §n ponhr¤& xyÒna.
oÈk ¶stin ≤m›n oÔn diçrai tÚ stÒma:
xleÊh, g°lvw, ˆneidow, afisxÊnh, kÒprow
25 pçsi dika¤vw so›w kat°sthmen lãtraiw.
mØ dØ parad“w efiw t°low mastig¤aw,
˜rkouw d¢ toÁw soÁw skorp¤s˙w efiw é°ra,
o‰ktÒn te tÚn sÚn §japostÆs˙w ˜lvw:
sØn kl∞sin afid°syhti ka‹ tØn sØn fÊsin
30 di' ÑAbraåm tÚ f¤ltron, ÉIsaåk lãtrin,
sÚn ÉIsraÆl: tre›w, ≤ Triãw, pr°sbeiw d°xou,
oÂw ka‹ prose›paw sp°rma plhyËnai tÒson
cãmmon yalãsshw Àsper, êstra toË pÒlou.
di' œn, basileË, §sm¢n ±porhm°noi,
35 smikro¤, tapeino¤, dustuxe›w, épvsm°noi
¶ynouw te pantÒw, g∞w ˜lhw, Íbrism°noi
mãstiji polla›w oÂa ta›w èmart¤aiw:
oÈk ¶stin êrxvn, oÈ profÆthw oÈd° tiw
poimÆn, dikastÆw, flereÊw, strathg°thw,
40 oÈ yum¤ama, prosforå ka‹ yus¤a,
oÈ naÚw oÈd¢ bvmÚw Àste ka‹ yËsai

SPMHLFGCE

30 II Par. 20:7; Is. 41:8; Iac. 2:23 32/33 Gen. 13:16; 15:5; 22:17; 26:24 35 Deut.
28:62; Ier. 49:2 37 Ps. 88:33 38/41 Thren. 2:9; Os. 3:4

20 ép¤stvn] épãntvn sic P §knÒmvn] §k tÒmvn P miaifÒnon Fs 22 kuk«nti

eLb, nik«nti Mmg, dik«nti F 23 ka‹ nËn ante oÈk add. i ≤m›n oÔn tr. e oÔn om. i
diãrai PMLFi tÚ om. LaFi 24 g°lvw] g°nouw P 25 dika¤oiw e Lb 26/27 om. P
26 parad“w ] prod≈seiw e LFi magist¤aw M 27 skop¤seiw e é°raw Fac 28 t«n
s«n F §japostÆsaw P, §japoste¤lhw e LFi 2 9 sØn1] tØn eL b afid°sthti La
tØn] sØn C ac 30 ébraåm PL lãtri e , latr¤n Fac 31 tre›w ≤ tr. P tre›w ] tr‹w S
32 prose›paw – tÒson] plhyÊnai sp°rma proe›pew tÒson Fi proe›pew Pe L ec
plhyÊnai e L tÒsou e Lb 36 Emg Íbrism°now F 39 strathg°tiw Fi 40 prosfå G
41 oÈ] oÈd¢ e bomÚw Eac yÊsai SMi
398 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

kãrpvma dektÚn ka‹ gÒnu kl›nai kãtv

ka‹ tÚn sÚn o‰kton •lkÊsai paraut¤ka.
éll' ént‹ poll«n taËta yumãtvn d°xou:
45 cuxØn tapeinÆn, pneËma suntetrimm°non,
phgåw =eoÊsaw dakrÊvn §j Ùmmãtvn 178v
taÊrvn kay≈sper muriãdaw ka‹ trãgvn,
ska¤rontaw érnoÁw p¤onaw, mÒsxouw n°ouw.
oÏtvw par' ≤m«n tåw éna¤mouw yus¤aw
50 …w terpnå d«ra ka‹ d°xou ka‹ prosd°xou:
oÈ går kalÊcei tÚ prÒsvpon afisxÊnh
t«n so‹ tÚ yãrsow efiw ée‹ teyeikÒtvn.
ka‹ nËn poyoËmen §j ˜lhw se kard¤aw
ka‹ fr¤ssom°n se ka¤, y°aw ±rthm°noi
55 t∞w s∞w ˆpisyen, Àsper §kpeplhgm°noi,
drime›w §rasta‹ so‹ bo«men §k bãyouw:
mØ dØ parÒc˙, mØ kataisxÊn˙w lãtraw,
drçson mey' ≤m«n oÂa xrhstÚw tØn fÊsin,
prçow, proshnÆw, ·levw, o‡ktou g°mvn,
60 yaumastÚw fisxÊn, dÒjan ±mfiesm°now.
metatrape¤h to›w kakoÊrgoiw ≤ d¤kh,
tØn §ntropØn lãboien ofl tolmht¤ai,

SPMHLFGCE

42 Leu. 1:4 45 Ps. 50:19 46 Ier. 8:23 46/47 Is. 1:11; Hebr. 9:13; 10:4 48 cf. Io.
Geom. 316.4 50 cf. Io. Geom. 308.8 51/52 Ps. 24:3 53 Deut. 4:29; 6:5; 10:12;
11:13; 13:4; 26:16; 30:2.6.10; II Par. 15:12; Sap. 8:21; Ier. 3:10; 24:7; Ioel 2:12;
Soph. 3:14; IV Mach. 7:18; 13:13; Marc. 12:30.33; Luc. 10:27 60 Iudith 16:13;
Iob 40:10

42 kl¤nai PM 43 •lkËsai S, §lkÊsai PLFpc, §lkËsai Fac 45 suntetrhmm°non

Fi 46 phgåw partim illeg. S éimãtvn sic: o Sb 48 piÒnaw M 49 oÏtv P 51 om.
P 52 efisae‹ Hk teyhkÒtvn Lai , teynhkÒtvn F 53 § j – kard¤aw ] k a ‹
kekollÆmeyã soi PeLFi 54 §fr¤ssom°n F se ] d¢ P 56 drume›w LFi 57 parÒcei
SPHLFi 58 drãson SL xristÚw G tª fÊsei LFGE, t∞ fÊsh : ei Cs 59 proshn«w
Fac, proshnÚw Fpc, prvshnØw Ci
 MARC DE GROOTE 399

lÆcoito deinå deinå toÁw efirgasm°nouw,

lÆcoito tÚ prÒsvpon aÈt«n afisxÊnh,
65 pãshw p°soien §k dunastik∞w b¤aw
ka‹ suntribe¤h pçn tÚ t∞w =≈mhw krãtow:
gn≈tvsan …w sÁ kÊriow YeÚw mÒnow,
YeÚw krataiÒw, g∞w ˜lhw dÒjhw ˜low.
Ofl tre›w m¢n oÏtvw eÈsebe›w nean¤ai,
70 ofl d' §mbalÒntew efiw kãminon toÁw n°ouw
bãllontew oÈk ¶leipon oÂsper tØn flÒga
efiw Ïcow ¬ron, •ptãkiw purgoum°nhn.
§j •ptå phx«n ¶breme tÚ pËr m°ga,
≤ flÚj §xe›to ka‹ di°trexe kÊklƒ,
75 fl°gei d¢ pãntaw Àsper ere ka‹ kÊklƒ
deinoË turãnnou dhm¤ouw Íphr°taw.
ka‹ sugkat∞lye toË YeoË parastãthw:
otow =ap¤zei tØn kãminon kuklÒyen,
faidrÚw =ife›si to›w n°oiw efiw tØn flÒga,
80 ˘w §ktinãssei t∞w kam¤nou tØn flÒga:
m°son d¢ pneËma t∞w kam¤nou pne› drÒsou,
cÊxon ti terpnÚn ka‹ sur¤zon ±r°ma.
tÚ pËr merisy¢n f«w pare›xe to›w n°oiw,
tÚ kaustikÚn d¢ to›w énãcasi mÒnoiw:

SPMHLFGCE

64 Ps. 34:26; 39:15; 43:16 67 cf. Io. Geom. 338.18 67/68 Ps. 82:19 68 Deut.
7:21 70 Dan. 3:6

63 lÆcoito ] lãmcoito M ac deinå2] dein«w P ±rgasm°nouw S, §rgasm°nouw L aF

64/65 om. P 64 lÆcoi S afisxÊnhn M 67 mÒnon E 68 ˜low] ˜lhw LaFi 7 0
§mbãllontew MH acG, §mballÒntew F 71 ballÒntew L, ballontew sic H ¶lipon
eLFi oÂsper tØn ] oÂw per‹ M, oiw per‹ H 72 ∑ren M, ¬ren H, ∏ron E purgoum°nhn :
hw Fs (postea del. ) 73 pux«n Fi megã S 74 di°texe E 75 Lb.mg, om. ob hom. Fi oÏw
per PL, oÏsper e eren P 78 om. P =ip¤zei eLFi kukl≈yen M, kÊklvyen H
79 faidr«w e 80 Lb.mg 81 drÒson LF i 82 cÊxont¤ P, cÊxonti e G, cÊxon t¤ LFk
sur¤zh LaF 83 par°xei LFi 84 énãcausi S, énãcousi e
400 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

85 sune›xen …w yãlamow ≤dÁw toÁw n°ouw,

¶flejen oÈd°n, oÈ parhn≈xlhs° ti:
desmoÁw ¶kause, t«n trix«n ép°sxeto.
tÒte krotoËntew eÈseb«w ofl tre›w ëma
miò te gl≈ss˙ ka‹ miò proyum¤&
90 pl°kontew ¬san a‰non, Ïmnoun, eÈlÒgoun,
e‰xon xore¤an, ¬don eÈxarist¤an,
ka‹ taËta terpn«n §jef≈noun xeil°vn:
ÑVw eÈloghtÒw, …w ÍmnhtÒw, …w m°gaw
YeÚw krataiÒw, kÊriow, pantokrãtvr,
95 YeÚw palaiÚw t«n pãlai gennhtÒrvn,
ÍchlÚw Ïcouw pantÒw, afi≈nvn ênv,
o kl∞siw efiw êpeiron afi≈nvn t°low,
nik«sa dÒjan, Ïmnon, Ïcow ka‹ xrÒnon.
…w eÈloghtÚw §n yrÒnƒ toË soË kl°ouw
100 Íp¢r m°low pçn, Ïmnon, Ïcow ka‹ xrÒnon,
bl°pvn ênvyen t∞w ébÊssou pçn bãyow,
yrÒnƒ xeroub‹m §gkayÆmenow, fl°gvn,
…w eÈloghtÒw, …w `ÍmnhtÒw, …w m°gaw,
˘n eÈlogoËsin oÈrano¤, g∞ ka‹ nÒew,
105 …w eÈloghtÒw, …w ÍmnhtÒw, …w m°gaw.

SPMHLFGCE

93 I Par. 29:10.20; Neh. 7:27 94 Vetus Test. passim; II Cor. 6:18; Apoc. 4:8;
11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 19:6; 21:22 99 Is. 6:1; Matth. 19:28; 25:31 101 cf. Io. Geom.
297.21 102 II Reg. 6:2 103 I Par. 29:10.20; Neh. 7:27 104 Tob. 8:5; Dan. 3:59
105 I Par. 29:10.20; Neh. 7:27

85 e‰xen Gac, sun Gmg 86 parenÒxlhs° M, parhnÒxlhs° H, paren≈xlhs° L 87

¶kausen eLFGC, ¶kkausen E t«n – ép°sxeto ] oÈk ¶kause d¢ tr¤xaw eLFi 88
kratoËntew e L 8 9 miò2] miå P 90 pl°kon tew S (cf. 9.33) 91 xvre¤an F
eÈxariste¤an F 94 yeÚw Emg 97 o] ka‹ S, oÈ La klÆseiw F 98 dÒjhw P 99/100
om. ob hom. Se 102 yrÒnoiw PeLFi 103 …w1 Pmg 104 ˘n] œn G 105 om. PeLFi
 MARC DE GROOTE 401

ÉVidØ hÄ
[Dan. 3:57–90]

ÜUmnow t«n sof«n n°vn aÔyiw ka‹ œde:

Tå ktistã, tÚn kt¤santa XristÚn eÈlÒgei:
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
pÒlow YeoË nÒew te, tÚn YeoË lÒgon
5 ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
ëpan tÚ =eustÒn, pçsa t«n ênv fÊsiw,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
êstrvn, selÆnhw kãllow, ≤l¤ou fãow,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
10 pçn pneËma ka‹ pçw ˆmbrow µ pçsa drÒsow,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
kaÊsvn, cËxow, pËr, kaËma, flogmÚw ≤l¤ou,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
f«w ka‹ skÒtow, nÊj, ≤dÁ f°ggow ≤m°raw,
15 ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
pãxnai, kerauno¤, xiÒnew, pãgoi, n°fh,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.

SPMHLFGCE

2 Tob. 8:5; Ps. 102:22; 144:10 4 Tob. 8:5; Ps. 148:4 6 Ps. 148:4 8 Ps. 148:3 1 2
Ps. 148:8 – cf. Io. Geom. 266.32 16 ib.

Odae octauae titulus S mgPmgLmgFmgimg, om. e 1 om. SP œde] »dØ L, Œde M,

post œde add. eÈloge›te pãnta tå ¶rga (= Dan. 3:57a ) Gmg, add. eÈloge›te
pãnta tå ¶rga kur¤ou CmgE 3 om. P dojãzonte E, dojãzeite F i 4/5 om. ob
hom. Fi 4 Lb.mg 5 om. e ( item ll. 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35)
L 7 ÍcoËte S mg ( item ll. 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35) kmg ( item l.
9), Í Gmg (item l. 9) dojãzoite – termãtvn om. SLFi ( item ll. 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21,
27, 29, 31, 33, 35) 8 selÆnh M 10 µ] ka‹ P drÒsow ] zãlh P 11 ÍcoË F, Í
GmgCmgEmg 12 cËxow scripsi] cÊxow codd. flogmÚw ] ka‹ flÚj S 13 Í i mg (item l.
15) 14 nÊj] pËr S ≤m°raw : =aw sic rep. Mmg, ≤m°ra L 16 pãxnoi M, pãxnh H
x¤onew P pãgoi ] pçsai LFi , pãgoi Lb.mg nef°lh Ga c 1 7 o m . G Í k mg
dojãzoite – termãtvn om. SLFk
402 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

ˆrh, lÒfoi, g∞ pçsa, pçsa g∞w fÊsiw, 179r

ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
20 phga¤, yãlassai, t∞w Ígrçw pçn yhr¤on,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
tå pezã, tå ptervtã, pçn g∞w yhr¤on,
ÍcoËte, <dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.>
uflo‹ brot«n ëpantew, ÉIsraØl ëpaw,
25 ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
yÊtai, prof∞tai ka‹ lãtrai nevkÒroi,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
cuxa‹ dika¤vn, afl pnoa‹ t«n keim°nvn,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
30 ofl z«ntew ègn«w, ofl tapeino‹ kard¤an,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
ÉAnan¤a te, MisaÆl, ÉAzar¤a,
ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn.
st›fow profht«n, martÊrvn, épostÒlvn,
35 ÍcoËte, dojãzoite m°xri termãtvn
tÚn fÊnta, tÚn fu°nta, pneËma, tå tr¤a.
eÂw kÊriow, s°boimen ©n ka‹ tÚ krãtow,
nËn ka‹ pr‹n efiw afi«naw afi≈nvn, émÆn.

SPMHLFGCE

18 Ps. 148:9 22 Ps. 148:10 24 Ps. 134:19; 148:11 – cf. Io. Geom. 343.12 26 Ps.
133:1 28 Num. 23:10 30 Matth. 11:29 36 cf. Io. Geom. 285.15 36/37 cf. Greg.
Naz. Or. theol. 5.28

18 ˆroi F pçsa g∞w ] g∞ sa g∞w Sac, p∞ sa g∞w Spc, g∞ fÊh P fÊsiw: h Lb (postea del.),
fÊh F, fuØ i 19 Í uel u img ( item ll. 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35) dojãzoite
scripsi sicut alibi] dojãsate P ( item ll. 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35) 20 yãlassai
partim illeg. S yhr¤vn Cac 21 ÍcoË , te F 22/25 om. ob hom. S 22/23 om. ob hom.
P 22 tå2] te G ptejvtã H yur¤on F 23 ÍcoËte om. e dojãzoite – termãtvn
addidi 25 dojãzoite – termãtvn om. LFi 26 yËtai SHLF ka‹ lãtrai tr. eLFi
30 kard¤`a`n` S 32 énan¤aw P ézar¤aw P 34 st¤fow SPLF 36 fËnta e LF
fu°nta ] fan°nta S, fÊenta M, fÊsanta H post tr¤a add. Í G mg, add. ÍcoËte
kmg 37 post krãtow add. Í Gmg 38 post pr‹n add. ka‹ S
 MARC DE GROOTE 403

ÉVidØ yÄ
[Luc. 1:46–55. 68–79]

ÉVidØ yeãndrou mhtropary°nou kÒrhw.

CuxÆ, s°mnune despÒthn, tÚ pneËmã mou,
égall¤a, xÒreue, xa›re ka‹ krÒtei:
§pe›de ka‹ går kÊriow prÚw tØn lãtrin
5 ka‹ tØn tapeinØn ∑ren efiw Ïcow m°ga:
t°yeike yaËma t∞w ˜lhw ofikoum°nhw.
fid°, kle˝zei pçn g°now me, pçn ¶ynow:
m°gistã moi d°drake ka‹ kre¤ttv lÒgou,
o dÒja, kl∞siw, o‰ktow oÈk ¶xvn ˜ron.
10 ¶deijen ≤m›n tÚ krãtow braxiÒnvn:
eÂle dunãstaw §k yrÒnvn ka‹ toÁw kãtv
Ïcvsen §k g∞w, §j°plhse gast°raw
lim“ take¤saw, §j°thje tØn Ïbrin.
toË paidÚw ént¤lhciw ÉIsraØl ¶fu,
15 kay∆w proe›pe to›w palaio›w patrãsi,

SPMHLFGCE

1 cf. Io. Geom. 346.28 2/16 I Reg. 2:1–10 2/3 Is. 61:10; Hab. 3:18; Luc. 1:47 3
cf. Io. Geom. 331.28 4/5 Gen. 29:32; I Reg. 1:11 5 cf. Io. Geom. 346.4 6 cf. Io.
Geom. 286.22; 344.27 7 Gen. 30:13; Luc. 11:27 8 Deut. 10:21 9 Ps. 99:5;
102:17 10 Ps. 88:11; 117:15–16; Sap. 11:21; cf. Io. Geom. 266.26 11/12 I Reg.
2:7–8; Iob 5:11; 12:19; Ps. 112:7–8; Prou. 3:34; Eccli. 10:14; Ez. 21:31 12/13 Ps.
106:9 13 cf. Io. Geom. 323.15 14 Is. 41:8–9; 42:1 15/16 Gen. 12:7; 13:14–17;
17; 26:3; 28:13–14; Ex. 2:24; Leu. 26:42; Ps. 104:8–10; 105:45; Ier. 11:4–5; Mich.
7:20

Odae nonae titulus SmgPmgLmgFmgk mg, om. e 1 Smg post kÒrhw add. megalÊnei
≤ cuxÆ mou (= Luc. 1:46b ) G, add. megallÊnei ≤ cuxÆ mou tÚn kÊrion k 2 cuxÆ ]
eÈxÆ M, eÈxª H 3 égalli« H krÒta Mi 4 tÚn LFi 5 ¬ren H, ∏ren E 6 t°yhke
PL 7 e‰den forsan Sac, fidoÁ P eLFGCpcE, fidoË C ac kle¤zei E 9 o – kl∞siw] ≤
dÒjokl∞siw e o] ∏ LF i o‰ktow om. e ˜ron ] kÒron e LFi 10 braxiÒnou E 1 3
takÆsaw MLF §j°tije P, §j°tuje LFec GC iE 14 fisraØl ] toË paidÚw e 1 5
patrãsin HF
404 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

pr‹n ÑAbraãm te ka‹ semno›w ÑAbram¤daiw.

Zaxar¤ou y°spisma ka‹ xrhsmƒd¤a.

ÑVw eÈloghtÚw ÉIsraØl ı despÒthw,

…w eÈmen«w §pe›den ofike¤ouw lãtraw
20 ka‹ paidÚw o‡kƒ Dau‹d ≥geire k°raw:
d°dvke ka‹ lÊtrvsin aÈto›w, …w ¶fh
gl≈ssaiw profht«n, patriarx«n makrÒyen,
§xyr«n parasxe›n dusmen«n svthr¤an,
o‰kton tekÒntvn, ka¤ te mnhsy∞nai lÒgvn
25 ˜rkou y' ˘n e‰pen ÑAbraãm, doËnai pãlin
=usye›sin ≤m›n xeirÚw §j §nant¤vn
aÈt“ latreÊein ka‹ mÒnƒ zv∞w xrÒnouw.
sÁ d¢ profÆthw, paid¤on, YeoË g°n˙
ka‹ prÚ pros≈pou prosdramª toË kur¤ou
30 l¤youw diçrai, tåw ıdoÁw •toimãsai
gn«s¤n te doËnai pçsi t∞w svthr¤aw
lÊtron di' o‰kton ptaismãtvn eÍrhkÒsin:
§n oÂw fidÒntew ofl kayÆmenoi skÒtei
§piskop∞w f«w ÍcÒyen diaugãsan,
35 pÒdaw kateuyÊnvmen efiw ye¤aw tr¤bouw.

SP MHLFGCE l. 16

18 III Reg. 1:48; I Par. 29:10; Ps. 40:14; 71:18; 105:48 19 Ex. 4:31; I Reg. 1:11 2 0
I Reg. 2:1.10; Ps. 131:17; Ez. 29:21 21 Ps. 105:10; 110:9; 135:24; Mich. 4:10 22
Act. 3:21; Rom. 1:2; Apoc. 10:7 23 II Reg. 22:18; Ps. 105:10 24/25 Gen. 12:7;
13:14–15; 17; 26:3; 28:13–14; Ex. 2:24; Leu. 26:42; Ps. 104:8–10; 105:45; Ier.
11:4–5; Mich. 7:20 26 Iud. (B) 6:9; Ps. 17:18; 96:10; Mich. 4:10 29 Ex. 23:20;
Mal. 3:1; Marc. 1:2; Luc. 1:17 30 Iudith 9:6; Is. 40:3; Matth. 3:3; Marc. 1:3; Luc.
3:4 33/34 Ps. 106:10; Is. 9:1; 42:7; Matth. 4:16; Ioh. 8:12

16 pr‹n ] prÚw S ébraãm PacL, èbaãm F ébram¤daiw PacL, èbram¤dew FGC pcE pc,
ébram¤dew Cac E ac 17/35 Pmg (saepe difficile lectu ) 1 9 …w scripsi] oÂw S, non
liquet P (cf. 1.32 ) 20 da˛d S 25 ébraãm P 32 eÍrukÒsin S 33 fidÒn tew S (cf.
7.90)
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Index locorum conferendorum

I. Biblia sacra
A. Vetus Testamentum
passim 7.94
6:5 7.53
Gen.
7:6 2.20–21
3:14 2.48
7:21 7.4, 68
10:1–32 2.18
8:7–10 2.30
12:7 9.15–16, 24–25
8:17 2.62
13:14–17 9.15–16, 24–25
10:12 7.53
13:16 7.32–33
10:21 9.8
15:5 7.32–33
11:11–15 2.30
17 9.15–16, 24–25
11:13 7.53
22:17 7.32–33
13:3 2.41
26:3 9.15–16, 24–25
13:4 7.53
26:24 7.32–33
13:7 2.41
28:13–14 9.15–16, 24–25
26:16 7.53
29:32 9.4–5
28:15–68 2.47–57
30:13 9.7
28:26 2.51
Ex.
28:48 2.51
2:24 9.15–16, 24–25
28:61 5.20
4:31 9.19
28:62 7.35
14:21–28 1.5, 32–33
28:64 2.58
14:29 1.34
28:66–67 2.55
15:15 4.16–17
30:2 7.53
15:16 4.19
30:6 7.53
19:4 2.26
30:10 7.53
23:20 9.29
31:17 2.45
Leu.
31:20 2.31–32, 36
1:4 7.42
32:4 3.6
26:22 2.54
32:13 4.56
26:25 2.53
32:39 3.5, 18–19; 5.17
26:42 9.15–16, 24–25
Ios.
Num.
10:13 4.30
14:21 1.4; 4.11
23:5 2.54
16:31 4.25
Iud.
23:10 8.28
2:14 2.68
Deut.
5:4 4.16
2:25 4.2
6:9 (B) 9.26
4:29 7.53
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I Reg.
1:11 9.4–5, 19 10:7 2.92–93
2:1–10 9.2–16 12:19 3.20–24; 9.11–12
2:1 9.20 17:4 7.15–16
2:6 2.90; 3.18–19 20:16 2.73
2:7–8 9.11–12 31:23 5.28
2:10 9.20 33:28 6.14
II Reg. 40:10 7.60
6:2 7.102 Ps.
7:22 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17 7:13–14 2.50
22:18 9.23 9:30 4.9
22:34 4.56 11:4 1.15
III Reg. 15:10 6.14
1:48 9.18 16:8 2.25–26
IV Reg. 16:12 4.9
5:7 2.90; 3.18–19 17:18 9.26
I Par. 17:34 4.55, 56
29:10 7.2, 93, 103, 105; 9.18 21:26 6.24–25
29:20 7.2, 93, 103, 105 24:3 7.51–52
II Par. 30:23 6.2–3, 9
15:12 7.53 34:26 7.64
20:7 7.30 37:3 2.50
Neh. 39:15 7.64
7:27 7.2, 93, 103, 105 40:14 9.18
11:7 7.13–15 41:8 6.8
19:33 7.5–7, 13–15 43:16 7.64
Tob. 44:6 2.77
3:2 7.5–7 50:19 7.45
3:4–5 7.13–15 57:8 4.24
3:5 7.5–7 64:8 4.41
4:19 7.6 68:2 6.10
8:5 7.104; 8.2, 4 71:6 2.4
13:2 2.90; 3.18–19 71:18 9.18
Iudith 71:19 1.4; 4.11
9:6 9.30 74:6 3.7–9
13:14 1.11 76:20 4.40–41
16:13 7.60 80:10 2.40
Iob 80:17 2.31–32
5:11 3.20–24; 9.11–12 82:19 7.67–68
6:4 2.50 85:12 1.9
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88:11 1.24; 5.10; 9.10 16:13 2.90; 3.18–19

88:33 7.37 Eccli.
96:10 9.26 10:14 3.20–24; 9.11–12
99:5 9.9 36:4 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
102:17 9.9 51:2 1.7–8
102:22 8.2 Is.
103:32 4.16 1:2 2.2
104:8–10 9.15–16, 24–25 1:11 7.46–47
105:9 1.34 2:19 6.12
105:10 9.21, 23 2:21 6.12
105:45 9.15–16, 24–25 6:1 7.99
105:48 9.18 9:1 9.33–34
106:9 9.12–13 12:2 4.54
106:10 9.33–34 13:8 5.25–26
110:9 9.21 19:22 2.91–92
112:7–8 3.20–24; 9.11–12 25:1 1.9
112:9 3.16 30:17 2.65
117:15–16 1.24; 5.10; 9.10 40:3 7.6; 9.30
119:1 6.2–3 40:29 3.13
119:4 2.77 41:8–9 9.14
129:1–2 6.2–3 41:8 7.30
131:17 9.20 42:1 9.14
133:1 8.26 42:7 9.33–34
134:14 2.79–80 43:13 2.92–93
134:19 8.24 43:16 4.40–41
135:24 9.21 44:6 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
144:10 8.2 44:8 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:3 8.8 45:5 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:4 8.4, 6 45:6 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:8 8.12, 16 45:14 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:9 8.18 45:21 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:10 8.22 46:9 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
148:11 8.24 48:9 5.20
Prou. 54:1 5.26–27
3:34 3.20–24; 9.11–12 55:10 2.4
17:10 6.23 58:14 4.56
18:12 6.23 59:12–13 7.13–15
Sap. 61:10 3.2; 4.46; 9.2–3
8:21 7.53 63:16 2.13
11:21 1.24; 5.10; 9.10 64:1 5.14
12:13 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
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Ier. 3:59 7.104

2:28 2.83 4:34 (Th) 2.7
3:10 7.53 9:5 7.13–15
4:22 2.63 9:7 7.13–15
5:7 2.36 9:9–11 7.13–15
5:17 4.48 Bel
8:17 2.54 41 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
8:23 7.46 Os.
11:4–5 9.15–16, 24–25 3:4 7.38–41
15:14 2.47 6:3 2.4
17:4 2.47 9:2 4.48
24:7 7.53 13:6 2.36
27:44 4.9 Ioel
30:13 4.9 2:12 7.53
46:10 2.100–101 2:27 2.5, 88–89; 3.5; 5.17
49:2 7.35 Am.
Thren. 8:13 2.56–57
1:18 2.56–57 Mich.
1:20 2.55 4:10 9.21, 26
2:9 7.38–41 7:20 9.15–16, 24–25
2:21 2.56–57 Hab.
3:55–56 6.4 1:2 6.2–3
Bar. 3:3 1.4
1:18 7.13–15 3:18 9.2–3
Ez. 3:19 4.56
5:16 2.50–51 Soph.
5:17 2.53, 54 3:14 7.53
6:3 5.20 Mal.
7:15 2.55 3:1 9.29
21:13–22 2.100–101 IV Mach.
21:31 3.20–24; 9.11–12 7:18 7.53
29:21 9.20 13:13 7.53
Dan.
3:6 7.70

B. Nouum Testamentum
Matth. 11:29 8.30
3:3 7.6; 9.30 17:17 2.9
4:16 9.33–34 19:28 7.99
10:34 5.15 25:31 7.99
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Marc. Phil.
1:2 9.29 2:15 2.9
1:3 7.6; 9.30 I Thess.
12:30 7.53 5:3 5.25–26
12:33 7.53 II Thess.
Luc. 3:16 5.15
1:17 9.29 Hebr.
1:46–55 3.2–36 4:12 4.15
1:47 3.2; 4.46; 9.2–3 9:13 7.46–47
1:52–53 3.20–24 10:4 7.46–47
3:4 7.6; 9.30 10:27 5.14
9:41 2.9 10:30 2.76, 79–80
10:27 7.53 Iac.
11:27 9.7 2:23 7.30
12:51 5.15 4:12 2.90; 3.18
Ioh. II Petr.
5:30 7.5–7 3:7 2.75
8:12 9.33–34 Apoc.
14:27 5.15 1:3 2.77
Act. 1:16 4.15
3:21 9.22 2:12 4.15
17:26 2.18 4:8 7.94
Rom. 10:7 9.22
1:2 9.22 11:17 7.94
12:19 2.76 15:3 7.94
I Cor. 16:7 7.5–7, 94
10:20 2.40 19:2 7.5–7
13:11 6.20–21 19:6 7.94
II Cor. 21:22 7.94
6:18 7.94 22:10 2.77
Eph.
5:14 5.32

II. Opera cetera

Anth.Gr., app., Dem. (Cougny)
Diog. Laert. 9.8 3.30
213 8 7.3
Euseb. Caes.
330 1 1.11
Comm. in Psalm. 109.3 5.24
346 1 7.101
Comm. in Isai. 58 & 89 5.24
Arist. Cael. 298b30 3.30
Eustath.
Basil. Caes. Hom. super psalm.
Comm. ad Od. 3.332 4.15
44.7 5.24
410 JOANNES GEOMETRES’ METAPHRASIS OF THE ODES

Greg. Naz. 304.17 2.103

Carm. de se ipso 40.16 2.52 304.27 2.103
Carm. mor. 34.245 2.52 308.1 4.8–9
Christus patiens 1425 2.67 308.8 7.50
Epist. 44.5 3.13 316.4 7.48
Epist. 223.4 5.31 318.18 2.96
De mod. disp. 16 1.34 319.18 6.25
Or. theol. 5.28 8.36–37 321.6 2.96, 6.14
Greg. Nyss. 322.20 5.13
In Cant. cant. hom. 1 323.4 3.30
in Cant. 1.2b 7.15–16 323.15 2.51; 4.53; 9.13
Heraclitus Test. 1 & 6 3.30 324.32 1.6
Ioannes Chrysos. 327.6 2.88; 3.5; 5.17
Hom. in Gen. 20.3 2.91–92 328.16 4.15
Fragm. in Ierem. 17.9 7.15–16 331.28 9.3
Ioannes Damasc. 338.18 3.6, 7.67
Hom. in sabb. sanct. 28 2.90 341.15 2.2
Ioannes Geom Epigram. 343.12 8.24
266.26 1.24; 5.10, 9.10 344.27 4.11; 9.6
266.32 8.12 346.4 9.5
269.19 5.16 346.28 9.1
273.9 2.39 347.29 1.30
276.31 2.31 Pl. Crat. 402A8 3.30
277.32 2.15 Simplic. Comm. in Arist.
281.27 1.8; 3.22.30 Phys. 5.4, 8.8 3.30
285.15 8.36 Synod. Const. (anni 536)
286.6 1.11 Act. I, Lib. monach. ad
286.22 9.6 Agapet. 5.24
290.20 2.31 Theodoret. Cyr. Interpr. in
297.21 7.101 Ezech. 7.19.10–11 5.24
300.16 3.18

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