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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T16:26:28Z","cost_usd":0.006397},"source":{"registry_id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","work_id":"khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","edition":"khazarzar","language":"","license":null,"url":null},"stats":{"passages":10,"english_words":2539,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":11464,"commentary_units":60,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":12,"work_notes":6,"external_links":4,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","abstract":"The Iambi ad Seleucum is a didactic poem by Amphilochius of Iconium (c. 340–395) that catalogs the canonical books of the Bible and warns against apocryphal writings. Addressed to a certain Seleucus, the work reflects fourth-century debates over the biblical canon, particularly the Syrian hesitation to accept Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2–3 John, Jude, and Revelation. The poem combines moral exhortation with scriptural instruction, using classical rhetorical figures and philosophical topoi. It survives only in medieval manuscripts; the Khazarzar edition relies on 17th–19th century printed editions without a critical apparatus.","historical_context":"Amphilochius of Iconium (c. 340–395) was a bishop and theologian active in Asia Minor, a contemporary of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus. The Iambi ad Seleucum was likely composed late in his career, reflecting the ongoing canon debates of the fourth century, when the boundaries of the New Testament were still fluid in some regions. The poem's omission of several Catholic epistles and Revelation aligns with the Syrian tradition, which hesitated to accept these books. The work was transmitted through Byzantine monastic circles and cited by the Council of Trullo (692) as a patristic witness to the canon. The sole surviving manuscript tradition is medieval; the Khazarzar edition is based on printed editions from the 17th–19th centuries, lacking a critical apparatus or manuscript sigla.","significance":"The Iambi ad Seleucum is a key witness to the fourth-century canon debates, especially the Syrian hesitation regarding certain New Testament books. It was later cited by the Council of Trullo (692) as a patristic authority, influencing Byzantine canon lists. The poem also exemplifies the fusion of classical rhetorical forms with Christian didactic content, serving as a model for Byzantine didactic poetry.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 340–395","event":"Life of Amphilochius of Iconium"},{"date":"Late 4th c.","event":"Composition of Iambi ad Seleucum (terminus ante quem 395)"},{"date":"692","event":"Council of Trullo cites the poem as a patristic witness to the biblical canon"},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"Transmission of the poem in Byzantine manuscripts"},{"date":"17th–19th c.","event":"Printed editions of the poem, used by Khazarzar edition"}],"relations":[{"work":"Canon lists of the Council of Laodicea (c. 363)","relation":"Contemporary canon list reflecting similar Syrian hesitations","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Stichometry of Nicephorus","relation":"Later Byzantine canon list that may have drawn on Amphilochius","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Apostolic Canons (Canon 85)","relation":"Another fourth-century canon list with similar omissions","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit","relation":"Amphilochius was a correspondent of Basil; both engaged in canon debates","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Gregory of Nazianzus, Carmina de libris canonicis","relation":"Contemporary didactic poem on the canon, similar genre and purpose","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Amphilochius of Iconium","label":"Amphilochius of Iconium","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphilochius_of_Iconium","reason":"Biographical context for the author"},{"key":"wikipedia:Development of the New Testament canon","label":"Development of the New Testament canon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon","reason":"Historical background on canon debates"},{"key":"wikipedia:Council of Trullo","label":"Council of Trullo","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinisext_Council","reason":"Later reception of the poem as patristic witness"},{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"Khazarzar edition of Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf","reason":"Primary source edition used"}],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is unknown; the terminus ante quem is Amphilochius's death in 395.","The Khazarzar edition lacks a critical apparatus, manuscript sigla, and collation, making it impossible to assess textual variants or editorial choices.","The poem's omission of certain New Testament books reflects fourth-century Syrian tradition, not scribal error, but the manuscript tradition is medieval and may contain later alterations."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000462,"generated":"2026-11-15T16:26:28Z"},"links":[],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":10,"translated":10,"commentary_passages":10,"commentary_units":60,"english_words":2539,"source_letters":11284,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The poem is a didactic catalogue of biblical books, addressed to Seleucus, instructing which texts are canonical and which are apocryphal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius (c. 340–395) wrote this work late in his career; the terminus ante quem is his death. 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in ancient Greek; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 10 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: khazarzar"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":10},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum":{"label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"Iambi ad Seleucum\nΧαίρειν κελεύω τὸν καλόν τε κἀγαθὸν υἱὸν Σέλευκον, εὐγενοῦς ῥίζης\nκλάδον. χαίρειν δὲ καὐτὸς εὔχομαι τῷ σῷ βίῳ μαθήμασίν τε καὶ τρόποις φρονῶν\nμέγα. Πρῶτον μὲν οὖν φόβον τε καὶ πόθον ἔχε θεοῦ· θεὸς γὰρ πᾶσιν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος\nτοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσι γίγνεται παντὸς βίου. Τὸ δεύτερον δὲ τὸν τρόπον ἄσκει, τέκνον,\nπρᾶον, ταπεινόν, ἐγκρατῆ, στερρόν, γλυκύν, ἀβάσκανον, δίκαιον, ἀνδρεῖον, σοφόν,\nσεμνόν, φίλεργον, εὐσταθῆ καὶ σώφρονα. κόσμος γὰρ οὗτος καὶ νέοις καὶ πρεσβύταις\nμὴ χρήμασιν τοσοῦτον, ἀλλὰ τῷ τρόπῳ πλουτεῖν· τὸ σὸν γὰρ τοῦτο· τὰ δὲ χρήματα\nπαίζει πλανῶντα τὴν φιλόπλουτον νόσον, ἄλλοις ἀπ' ἄλλων προσγελᾶν πεφυκότα,\nπόρνης ἀπίστου τὸν τρόπον μιμούμενα πολλοὺς ἐραστὰς ποικίλως μωκωμένης,\nσυνόντα καὶ φεύγοντα καὶ κολλώμενα τούτοις ἐκείνοις, οὐδενὶ δὲ γνησίως. τὸ γὰρ\nβέβαιον οὐκ ἔχει πλούτου φύσις λάβροις θαλάσσης κύμασιν εἰκασμένη\nκυρτουμένοις, πίπτουσιν ἀστάτῳ φορᾷ. σὺ τοίνυν, ὦ παῖ, τοῖς τρόποις πλουτῶν ἀεὶ\nθησαυρὸν ἕξεις οὐ κλοπαῖς συλώμενον, οὐ συκοφάνταις ἐν μέσῳ προκείμενον, οὐδ'\nαὖ τυράννων χερσὶν ἐξαντλούμενον ἢ βαρβάρων ὅπλοισιν ἐκπορθούμενον, μένοντα\nδ' ἔνδον τῶν ἀσωμάτων δόμων ψυχῆς ταμείοις ἀσφαλῶς τηρούμενον, ὃν οὔτε\nλάβρον ἐσθίει πυρὸς μένος, οὐδ' αὖ καλύψει κῦμα ποντίου σάλου. Τοῦτον τὸν ὄντως ὄντα σὸν καὶ γνήσιον πλοῦτον φυλάττων σμῆχε τοῖς\nμαθήμασιν, βίβλοις ποιητῶν, ἱστορικῶν συγγράμμασιν, καὶ ταῖς τρεχούσαις ῥητόρων\nεὐγλωττίαις λεπταῖς τε μερίμναις φιλοσόφων ἀσκούμενος.","english":"I bid you rejoice, noble and good son Seleucus, branch of a noble root. And I myself pray to rejoice in your life, thinking highly of your studies and your ways. First, then, have fear and desire for God; for God is for all who think rightly the beginning and end of every life. Second, practice your character, child, to be gentle, humble, self-controlled, steadfast, sweet, without envy, just, courageous, wise, reverent, industrious, stable, and temperate. For this is the adornment for both young and old—to be rich not so much in possessions as in character; for this is truly yours. But possessions play, deceiving the disease of love of wealth, naturally smiling upon one after another, imitating the manner of a faithless harlot who mocks many lovers in various ways, consorting and fleeing and clinging to these and those, but to none genuinely. For the nature of wealth has no stability, likened to violent waves of the sea that swell and fall with unsteady motion. Therefore, O child, if you are always rich in character, you will have a treasure not plundered by thieves, not set forth in the midst for sycophants, nor drained by the hands of tyrants or sacked by the weapons of barbarians, but remaining within the bodiless chambers of the soul, safely guarded in its storehouses, which neither the violent force of fire consumes nor the wave of the sea's swell covers. Guarding this wealth, which is truly yours and genuine, polish it with studies, with the books of poets, with the writings of historians, with the fluent eloquence of orators, and by exercising yourself in the subtle concerns of philosophers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πρῶτον μὲν οὖν φόβον τε καὶ πόθον ἔχε θεοῦ","severity":"info","text":"The poem opens with a two-part exhortation: first, fear and desire for God; second, cultivation of character. This diptych structures the entire passage, with the second part expanded by a contrast between true (moral) and false (material) wealth.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τρόπον","severity":"info","text":"τρόπον (here 'character' or 'way of life') is a key term in Amphilochius' moral vocabulary. The list of virtues that follows (πρᾶον, ταπεινόν, etc.) defines the ideal Christian character, blending classical and biblical ethical ideals.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"πόρνης ἀπίστου τὸν τρόπον μιμούμενα","severity":"info","text":"The comparison of wealth to a faithless harlot (πόρνης ἀπίστου) is a vivid rhetorical figure common in early Christian moralizing, drawing on Cynic-Stoic diatribe. It underscores the instability and deceitfulness of material riches.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"κόσμος γὰρ οὗτος καὶ νέοις καὶ πρεσβέταις","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'adornment for both young and old' echoes a common topos in Greek moral philosophy (e.g., Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1095a) and early Christian parenetic literature, emphasizing that virtue is appropriate at every age.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Iambi ad Seleucum","severity":"info","text":"This poem was widely transmitted in Greek and later translated into Syriac and Armenian, serving as a model for Byzantine didactic poetry. Its blend of classical learning and Christian ethics made it a standard text in monastic education.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν τρόπον ἄσκει","severity":"caution","text":"The imperative 'practice your character' (τὸν τρόπον ἄσκει) could be read as a command to train one's moral disposition, but the Greek also allows an interpretation as 'practice the (right) way of life.' The ambiguity is resolved by the following list of virtues.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τὸν τρόπον ἄσκει' is ambiguous between 'practice your character' and 'practice the (right) way of life'; the context of the virtue list supports the former.","The reference to 'bodiless chambers of the soul' (ἀσωμάτων δόμων ψυχῆς) is a metaphor for the inner self, but its precise philosophical background (Platonic or Christian) is not specified."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"τούτοις δ' ἅπασιν\nἐμφρόνως ἐντύγχανε σοφῶς ἀπ' αὐτῶν συλλέγων τὸ χρήσιμον, φεύγων δ' ἑκάστου\nτὴν βλάβην κεκριμένως, σοφῆς μελίττης ἔργον ἐκμιμούμενος, ἥτις ἐφ' ἅπασιν\nἄνθεσιν καθιζάνει, τρυγᾷ δ' ἑκάστου πανσόφως τὸ χρήσιμον αὐτὴν ἔχουσα τὴν\nφύσιν διδάσκαλον. σὺ δ' ἐκ λογισμοῦ τῶν μὲν ἀφθόνως δρέπου τῶν ὠφελούντων. εἰ\nδέ τι βλάβην φέρει, συνεὶς τὸ φαῦλον ὀξέως ἀφίπτασο. ὠκύπτερος γάρ ἐστιν\nἀνθρώποις ὁ νοῦς. ὥσθ' ὅσα μὲν αὐτοῖς εἰς ἀρετὴν ἐγκώμια ὑμνοῦσιν αὐτὴν ἐγράφη\nκαὶ τοὔμπαλιν κακίαν ψέγουσιν, ταῦτα σὺ σπουδῇ μαθὼν καὶ νοῦν φύλασσε καὶ\nχάριν τῆς λέξεως. ἃ δ' εἰς θεοὺς ἔγραψαν ἐν λήρῳ πλατεῖ μύθους ἀσέμνους,\nδαιμόνων διδάγματα, μύθους γέλωτος ἀξίους καὶ δακρύων, ταῦθ' ὡς βρόχους τε καὶ\nπάγας ἀποστρέφου. ἄμφω δ' ἀναγνούς, τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τοὺς λόγους, θεοὺς γελοίους\nκαὶ λόγους ἐρασμίους, καταφρόνει μὲν τῶν φιληδόνων θεῶν, λόγους δὲ τιμῶν,\nὥσπερ ἐξ ἑνὸς φυτοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας φεῦγε καὶ ῥόδον δρέπου. καὶ τῶν μὲν ἔξω σοι\nλόγων οὗτος νόμος ἄριστος. οἷς δὲ πᾶσαν ἁρμόττει νέμειν σπουδήν, ἐροῦμεν, ἀλλὰ\nμικρὸν ὕστερον. Ἐκεῖνο γάρ σοι πρῶτον εἰπεῖν βούλομαι. φεύγειν κατάκρον τῶν\nκακῶν ὁμιλίας καὶ τὰς σὺν αὐτοῖς ἡδονὰς χρὴ τὸν νέον. πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν, ὡσπερεὶ\nβοσκήματα ψώρας γέμοντα καὶ νοσήματός τινος, οἳ τοὺς νέους πειρῶσι τοὺς\nἁπλουστέρους παρατριβόμενοί τ' ἐν δόλῳ πανουργίας ὥσπερ νόσου θέλουσι τῆς\nπονηρίας αὐτοὺς ἀναπιμπλᾶν, ὥστε τῇ τῶν πλειόνων κοινωνίᾳ σφῶν τοῖς κακοῖς\nἐπισκοτεῖν. τούτους φυλάττου. καὶ γάρ, ὡς Παύλῳ δοκεῖ, φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ\nὁμιλίαι κακαί.","english":"all these, read wisely, skillfully gathering from them what is useful, while avoiding the harm of each with discernment, imitating the work of the wise bee, which alights on all flowers and cleverly culls the useful from each, having nature itself as its teacher. You, by reason, freely pluck from those things that benefit. But if something brings harm, recognizing the evil, quickly fly away. For the mind of humans is swift-winged. Therefore, whatever writings praise virtue and censure vice, learn these with zeal and preserve both the sense and the grace of the expression. But whatever they wrote about gods in broad nonsense—shameless myths, teachings of demons, myths worthy of laughter and tears—turn away from these as from snares and traps. Having read both—the gods and the words, ridiculous gods and lovely words—despise the pleasure-loving gods, but honor the words, just as from one plant you flee the thorns and pluck the rose. And for you, this is the best rule concerning external writings. As for those to which you must devote all zeal, we will speak, but a little later. For I wish to say this to you first. The young man must utterly flee evil company and the pleasures that accompany them. For there are many, like cattle full of scab and some disease, who tempt the simpler young men, and rubbing against them in the deceit of villainy, they wish to infect them with wickedness as with a disease, so that by the fellowship of the majority they may overshadow their own evils. Guard against these. For, as Paul thinks, evil company corrupts good character.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"σοφῆς μελίττης ἔργον ἐκμιμούμενος","severity":"info","text":"The bee as a model for selective reading is a classical topos, found in Seneca and Plutarch, here adapted to Christian paideia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί","severity":"info","text":"A direct echo of Menander's sententia, also cited by Paul in Titus 1:12-13 (though the exact phrase is not Pauline). Amphilochius attributes it to Paul.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"δαιμόνων διδάγματα","severity":"info","text":"The phrase reflects early Christian polemic against pagan mythology as demonic instruction, common in apologetic literature from Justin Martyr onward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐκεῖνο γάρ σοι πρῶτον εἰπεῖν βούλομαι","severity":"info","text":"This sentence marks a transition from general advice on reading to a specific warning against evil company, structuring the paraenetic sequence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὥσπερ ἐξ ἑνὸς φυτοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας φεῦγε καὶ ῥόδον δρέπου","severity":"info","text":"The image of plucking the rose while avoiding thorns from the same plant is a variant of the bee simile, reinforcing selective appropriation of pagan literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἃ δ' εἰς θεοὺς ἔγραψαν ἐν λήρῳ πλατεῖ μύθους ἀσέμνους","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek text has a minor textual issue: 'μύθους' is a variant spelling of 'μύθους' (myths), but the sense is clear. The English draft renders 'μύθους' as 'myths'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'θεοὺς γελοίους καὶ λόγους ἐρασμίους' could be read as a contrast between the gods (ridiculous) and the words (lovely), but the syntax allows 'the gods and the words' as objects of 'having read'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Ναὶ μὴν ἐκεῖνο σφόδρα σοι τηρητέον· μίσει θεάτρων, θηρίων,\nἱπποδρόμων ἄσεμνον ᾠδήν, δύσεριν κακῶν θέαν, βίου ματαιότητας, ὕδραν ἡδονῶν,\nἀνδρῶν ἀσελγῶν ἀπρεπῆ μαθήματα οἷς οὐδέν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν ἢ τὸ σωφρονεῖν. οἱ μὲν\nγὰρ αὐτῶν, αἰσχύνης ὑπηρέται, τέχνην ἔχουσι τὸ φρονεῖν ταῖς ὕβρεσιν, μῖμοι\nγελοίων κονδύλοις εἰθισμένοι, αἰδῶ τεμόντες τοῖς ξυροῖς πρὸ τῶν τριχῶν, ἀσελγὲς\nαἰσχρότητος ἐργαστήριον, οἷς πάντα πάσχειν καὶ ποιεῖν, ἃ μὴ θέμις, ἐν ταῖς ἁπάντων\n1\nΕρευνητικό έργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστήριο ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτισµικής Κληρονοµιάς, www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/chmlab. Χρηµατοδότηση: ΚΠ Interreg ΙΙΙΑ (ETΠΑ 75%, Εθν. πόροι 25%). Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου, Τµήµα Πολιτισµικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας, © 2006. Επιτρέπεται η ελεύθερη χρήση του υλικού µε αναφορά στην πηγή προέλευσής του.\n\nὄψεσιν τέχνης μέρος. ἄλλοι δ', ἐκείνων ἔθνος ἀθλιώτερον, τῶν ἀρρένων τὴν δόξαν\nἐξορχούμενοι, μελῶν λυγισμοῖς συγκατακλῶντες φύσιν ἄνδρες γυναῖκες, ἄρρενες\nθηλυδρίαι. οὐκ ἄνδρες, οὐ γυναῖκες ἀψευδεῖ λόγῳ. τὸ μὲν γὰρ οὐ μένουσι, τὸ δ' οὐκ\nἔφθασαν. ὃ μὲν γάρ εἰσιν, οὐ μένουσι τῷ τρόπῳ, ὃ δ' αὖ κακῶς θέλουσιν, οὔκ εἰσιν\nφύσει, ἀσωτίας αἴνιγμα καὶ γρῖφος παθῶν, ἄνδρες γυναιξὶ καὶ γυναῖκες ἀνδράσιν.","english":"Indeed, you must strictly observe this: hate the theaters, the beast shows, the horse races, their shameful song, the contentious spectacle of evils, the vanities of life, the hydra of pleasures, the indecent teachings of licentious men for whom nothing is shameful except being temperate. For some of them, servants of shame, have as their craft the art of thinking in terms of outrages, mimes accustomed to the blows of laughter, cutting modesty with razors before the hair, a shameless workshop of filth, for whom it is permissible to suffer and do all things that are not lawful, as a part of their art in the sight of all. Others, a more wretched tribe than those, dancing away the reputation of men, bending their limbs and with them their nature, men who are women, effeminate males—neither men nor women in truthful speech. For they do not remain what they are, nor have they attained what they are not. What they are, they do not remain in their manner; what they wickedly desire, they are not by nature—a riddle of profligacy and a conundrum of passions, men for women and women for men.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"μίσει θεάτρων, θηρίων, ἱπποδρόμων","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius lists three types of public entertainment—theaters, beast shows, and horse races—as objects of hatred, reflecting a common Christian polemic against spectacles in late antiquity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"μῖμοι","severity":"info","text":"The term 'μῖμοι' refers to mime performers, known for obscene and violent acts; Amphilochius condemns them as 'servants of shame' who cut modesty with razors, a metaphor for their destructive influence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἄνδρες γυναῖκες, ἄρρενες θηλυδρίαι","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius describes male performers who adopt feminine roles, a common target in early Christian moralizing against theatrical cross-dressing, seen as a violation of natural order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"οἱ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν... ἄλλοι δ'","severity":"info","text":"The passage uses a two-part structure: first condemning mimes (οἱ μὲν), then a more wretched group (ἄλλοι δ'), likely referring to actors in female roles, intensifying the moral critique.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὕδραν ἡδονῶν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'hydra of pleasures' evokes the Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent from Greek mythology, used here as a metaphor for the multiplying and inescapable nature of sinful pleasures.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀσελγὲς αἰσχρότητος ἐργαστήριον","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'shameless workshop of filth' is a strong metaphor; the Greek 'ἐργαστήριον' can mean a workshop or factory, but here it is used figuratively to denote a place where shamelessness is produced.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'more wretched tribe' (ἄλλοι δ') is not explicitly named; it likely refers to actors who play female roles, but could also include other performers. The reading taken follows the context of theatrical condemnation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"τί\nδ' ἂν λέγοι τις ᾀσμάτων αἰσχρῶν νόσους μέλη τε θηλύνοντα καρδίας τόνον, αὐλούς,\nχορείας πορνικῶν βακχευμάτων, οἷς καὶ γέρας νέμουσιν οἱ τρισάθλιοι; ταῦτ' οὖν\nἐπαίνων καὶ θέας καὶ τέρψεως ἢ δακρύων τε καὶ στεναγμῶν ἄξια; γέλως τυραννεῖ\nκαὶ φύσις μοιχεύεται καὶ ποικίλη φλὸξ ἡδονῶν ἐξάπτεται. καὶ κτίζεται θέατρα τῆς\nἀτιμίας, ὡς μηδὲ λάθρα τὰς νόσους ἀσχημονεῖν, ἀλλ' ἆθλα κεῖσθαι τῶν κακῶν\nμαθημάτων. σὺ δὲ βδελύττου ταῦτα, μὴ χράνῃς κόρας, φεύγων ἁπάσας ὀμμάτων\nδιαφθοράς, ὡς ἂν φυλάττοις τὰς κόρας μοι παρθένους. Πλέον δὲ φεῦγε τὰς μιαιφόνους θέας τῶν γαστριμάργων, ὧν θεὸς ἡ κοιλία. δοῦλοι γὰρ ὄντες γαστρὸς αἰσχίστης νόσου ὑπηρετοῦσι τοῖς κακοῖς προστάγμασιν. ἡ\nδ' ὡς πικρὰ δέσποινα τῶν λοιπῶν μελῶν ἔνδον κάθηται θηρσὶ πωλοῦσα μέλη,\nλάβρως κατεσθίουσα τὰ τιμήματα, γαστὴρ ἄσωτος θηρίων εἰς γαστέρας τυραννικῶς\nὠθοῦσα συγγενῆ μέλη. τούτων κάθηνται τῶν παθῶν ἀγνώμονες ἄνδρες θεαταί. κἂν\nμὲν ἄνθρωπος φύγῃ θῆρας, στένουσιν ὡς πλέον τῶν θηρίων παιχθέντες αὐτοὶ καὶ\nμάτην καθήμενοι. ἀνδρὸς δ' ἁλόντος καὶ στενὸν μυκωμένου πικρὸν βοῶντος καὶ\nκόνιν ἀμωμένου πάσης θεατῶν ὄψεως οἶκτος ἅπας ἐδραπέτευσε καὶ σὺν ἡδονῇ\nκρότος μέγιστος, ἢν ἴδωσιν αἱμάτων ῥοάς. χαίρουσι γὰρ βλέποντες, ἃ θρηνεῖν ἔδει,\nκαὶ θηρίοις νέμουσιν εὐνοίας ῥοπὴν καὶ τοῖς ἑλοῦσιν ἐγκελεύονται πλέον θήγοντες\nὀργὰς ὥσπερ ἐμφορούμενοι καὶ σάρκας ἀνδρῶν θηρσὶ συμμασσώμενοι. χ' οἱ μὲν\nκακοὶ πρατῆρες οἰκείων μελῶν τροφῆς τε δοῦλοι καὶ πάλιν θηρῶν τροφή, ζῶντες\nστυγητοὶ καὶ θανόντες ἄθλιοι τοιοῦτον ἔσχον τοῦ βίου πικρὸν τέλος.","english":"What could one say of the shameful songs' plagues, and melodies that unman the heart's strength, the flutes, the whorish dances of bacchic revels, for which the thrice-wretched ones even award prizes? Are these, then, worthy of praise and spectacle and delight, or of tears and groans? Laughter tyrannizes, nature is adulterated, and a manifold flame of pleasures is kindled. Theaters of dishonor are built, so that the plagues may not even be shameful in secret, but prizes are set for the lessons of evils. You, however, abhor these things; do not stain your eyes, fleeing all corruptions of sight, so that you may keep your eyes virgin for me. Flee even more the bloodthirsty spectacles of the gluttons, whose god is the belly. For being slaves of the belly, they serve the evil commands of a most shameful plague. And it, as a bitter mistress of the remaining limbs, sits within, selling limbs to beasts, greedily devouring the payments, a profligate belly thrusting kindred limbs tyrannically into the bellies of beasts. Of these passions, unfeeling men are spectators. And if a man flees a beast, they groan, as if they themselves are more played than the beasts and sit in vain. But when a man is caught and groans low, crying bitterly and beating the dust, all pity from the spectators' sight has fled, and with pleasure there is the greatest applause, when they see streams of blood. For they rejoice in seeing what they ought to mourn, and they grant a turn of favor to the beasts and urge on those who seize, sharpening their angers as if they are filled, and kneading men's flesh together with beasts. And the evil sellers of their own limbs, slaves of food and again food for beasts, living hateful and dying wretched, have such a bitter end of life.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"αὐλούς, χορείας πορνικῶν βακχευμάτων","severity":"info","text":"The flutes and whorish dances of bacchic revels are condemned as part of the theatrical entertainments that corrupt morality, a common topos in early Christian moral instruction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"κόρας","severity":"info","text":"The Greek word κόρας (koras) means both 'pupils (of the eyes)' and 'maidens'; Amphilochius puns on this, urging the addressee to keep his eyes 'virgin' (i.e., pure) from corrupting sights.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"θέατρα τῆς ἀτιμίας","severity":"info","text":"Theaters of dishonor reflect the early Christian critique of Roman spectacles, which were seen as promoting immorality and violence; similar condemnations appear in the works of John Chrysostom and Tertullian.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πλέον δὲ φεῦγε","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Flee even more' marks a structural intensification, moving from condemnation of theatrical shows to a more vehement attack on gladiatorial or beast spectacles, which are deemed bloodthirsty.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"γαστὴρ ἄσωτος","severity":"info","text":"The image of the belly as a profligate mistress devouring limbs parallels the Stoic and Cynic critique of gluttony, as well as Paul's warning in Romans 13:13–14 against serving the belly.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"σὺ δὲ βδελέττου ταῦτα","severity":"info","text":"The direct address 'You, however, abhor these things' reflects the didactic style of the Iambi ad Seleucum, a paraenetic poem widely read in Byzantine monastic circles for moral guidance.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"μελῶν δὲ τὰ\nμὲν ἐντέθαπται θηρίοις, τὰ δ' ὑπ' ὀδοῦσι νηλεῶς δαρδάπτεται, ἡμισπάρακτα δ' ἄλλα\nποικίλαις στροφαῖς ᾄττει περισπαίροντα καὶ φυγῆς ἔτι καιρὸν νομίζει καὶ δρόμον\nφαντάζεται. μὴ δὴ μιάνῃς ὄμμα σὸν θεαμάτων ὠμῶν μολυσμοῖς μηδὲ γυμνάσῃς\nὁρᾶν ἄνδρας θανόντας, θηρία πεπλησμένα, τάφους τρέχοντας, συγγενεῖς δὲ\nκειμένους. Καὶ μὴν τὸ πολλοῖς μᾶλλον ἡμερώτερον δοκοῦν θέαμα πωλικῶν\nἱπποδρόμων, καὶ τοῦτο λοιμός ἐστι καὶ ψυχῶν νόσος. πόλεις διασπᾷ, δῆμον εἰς\nστάσεις φέρει, μάχας διδάσκει, λοίδορον θήγει στόμα, τέμνει πολιτῶν φίλτρα,\nσυγκρούει γένη, καταισχύνει γέροντας, ἐκμαίνει νέους, ἔχθρας ἀνάπτει φιλτάτων,\nπατεῖ νόμους. κακῶν δὲ τούτων ἄλγιον τολμᾷ κακόν. κινεῖ γόητας τοῖς μανεῖσι\nσυμμάχους νίκης βοηθούς, καὶ τρέφει νόσῳ νόσον. ἐπὰν γὰρ ἐκκαυθῶσιν εἰς θερμὴν\nἔριν, πρὸς τοὺς γόητας εὐθὺς αὐτοῖς ὁ δρόμος. οἱ δ' αὖ καλοῦσι δαιμόνων πονηρίαν\nσυνεργὸν αὐτοῖς πτωμάτων, συντριμμάτων, φόνων. κακοῖς γὰρ δαιμόνων χαίρει\nστρατός. οὐκοῦν ἐναργῶς καὶ τὸ δόξαν ἥμερον ἐριστικὸν θέαμα τῶν ἱπποδρόμων\nψυχῶν ὄλεθρός ἐστι, σωμάτων μάχη, καὶ πρός γε τούτοις χρημάτων σαφὴς βλάβη. πόσους μὲν οἴκους ἀθρόως κατέσπασεν; πόσους προσαιτεῖν πλουσίους ἠνάγκασεν;\nπόσας δὲ τὸ πρὶν εὐνομουμένας πόλεις ἄρδην καθεῖλεν; ὡς γὰρ ἡβῶσα στάσις φόνοις\nδυναστῶν ἔχρανε δήμου χέρας, χήρωσεν ἀνδρῶν τὰς πόλεις νόμῳ ξίφους, πῦρ καὶ\nσίδηρος τὰς πόλεις ἐνείματο σφαγαῖς κολάζων τὰς σφαγάς, φόνοις φόνους.","english":"Of the limbs, some are buried by beasts, others are mercilessly devoured under teeth, and others, half-torn, dart about with various convulsions, still thinking there is a time for flight and imagining a course. Do not defile your eye with the pollutions of raw spectacles, nor train yourself to see dead men, gorged beasts, running tombs, and kinsmen lying there. And indeed, the spectacle of horse races, which seems more civilized to many, is also a plague and a disease of souls. It tears cities apart, brings the populace to factions, teaches battles, sharpens the abusive tongue, cuts the bonds of citizens, clashes families together, shames elders, maddens youths, kindles enmity among dearest ones, tramples laws. And worse than these evils, it dares a worse evil: it stirs up sorcerers as allies for the maddened, helpers of victory, and nourishes disease with disease. For when they are inflamed into hot strife, their course is straight to the sorcerers. And these in turn call upon the wickedness of demons as their accomplice in falls, crashes, and murders. For the host of demons rejoices in evils. Therefore, clearly, even the spectacle of horse races, which seemed gentle, is a contentious sight, a destruction of souls, a battle of bodies, and besides these, a clear harm to wealth. How many households has it suddenly brought down? How many rich men has it forced to beg? How many formerly well-ordered cities has it utterly destroyed? For as the burgeoning faction stained the hands of the people with the murders of rulers, widowed the cities of men by the law of the sword, fire and iron divided the cities, punishing slaughters with slaughters, murders with murders.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"μελῶν δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐντέθαπται θηρίοις","severity":"info","text":"The Greek describes limbs (μελῶν) of corpses being buried in beasts, not literally interred but consumed; the image reinforces the horror of arena spectacles.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"γόητας","severity":"info","text":"γόητας (sorcerers) refers to practitioners of magic or incantations, distinct from pagan priests; Amphilochius associates them with demonic aid in chariot racing.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ἱπποδρόμων","severity":"info","text":"Horse races (ἱπποδρόμων) were a major public entertainment in late antique cities, often linked to factional violence (Blues vs. Greens) and social unrest, as Amphilochius describes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"οὐκοῦν ἐναργῶς καὶ τὸ δόξαν ἥμερον ἐριστικὸν θέαμα","severity":"info","text":"This sentence marks a rhetorical conclusion: the seemingly gentle spectacle is in fact destructive, summarizing the preceding argument before the series of rhetorical questions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"πόσους μὲν οἴκους ἀθρόως κατέσπασεν","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius’s moral condemnation of chariot racing echoes earlier Christian critiques (e.g., John Chrysostom) and influenced later Byzantine ascetic literature against public spectacles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡμισπάρακτα δ' ἄλλα ποικίλαις στροφαῖς ᾄττει","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase is textually sound but the image of half-torn limbs darting with convulsions may be hyperbolic; the Greek ᾄττει (darts) suggests violent motion, not literal flight.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"τίς οὖν\nθεᾶσθαι σωφρόνων ἀνέξεται γοητείας ἅμιλλαν, οὐχ ἵππων τάχος, στάσιν φόνον\nτίκτουσαν, ἄστεων νόσον; Σὺ δ' ἀντὶ τούτων χαῖρε τοῖς μαθήμασιν, ἐξ ὧν ὅτι\nκράτιστον ἀσκήσεις τρόπον. ἐπὰν δὲ τὸν νοῦν μετρίως προγυμνάσῃς ὡς ἐν\n2\nΕρευνητικό έργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστήριο ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτισµικής Κληρονοµιάς, www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/chmlab. Χρηµατοδότηση: ΚΠ Interreg ΙΙΙΑ (ETΠΑ 75%, Εθν. πόροι 25%). Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου, Τµήµα Πολιτισµικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας, © 2006. Επιτρέπεται η ελεύθερη χρήση του υλικού µε αναφορά στην πηγή προέλευσής του.\n\nπαλαίστρᾳ ποικίλοις συγγράμμασιν, αὐταῖς ἐνάθλει ταῖς θεοπνεύστοις γραφαῖς\nδιττῶν διαθηκῶν συλλέγων πλοῦτον μέγαν, τῆς μὲν παλαιᾶς, τῆς δέ γε καινῆς ἀεί. καινὴ γάρ ἐστι δευτέρα γεγραμμένη καὶ μεθ' ἑαυτὴν μηκέθ' ἕξουσα τρίτην. ταύταις\nἅπασαν ἀσμένως σπουδὴν νέμε, παρ' ὧν μαθήσῃ χρηστὸν ἐξασκεῖν τρόπον καὶ τὸν\nἀληθῆ καὶ μόνον θεὸν σέβειν. Μονὰς γάρ ἐστι καὶ τριὰς ἀίδιος, πατὴρ σὺν υἱῷ καὶ\nπαναγίῳ πνεύματι, τριὰς προσώποις εὐκρινής, μονὰς φύσει. μήτ' οὖν ἀριθμῷ\nσυγχέῃς ὑποστάσεις, μήτ' αὖ θεὸν σὺ προσκυνῶν τέμῃς φύσιν. φύσει γὰρ ὄντως ἡ\nτριὰς οὐ τέμνεται. μία τριὰς γάρ, εἷς θεὸς παντοκράτωρ. τοῦτ' ἐστι λεπτὸν εὐσεβὲς\nμυστήριον. στενὴ γὰρ ὄντως τῆς ἀληθείας ὁδός, ἀτραπὸς ἀμφίκρημνος,\nἐκτεθλιμμένη, ἧς ἐξολισθήσαντες ἐξ ἐναντίων κατερράγησαν εἰς βαθύκρημνον\nπλάνην, Σαβέλλιος μὲν πρὸς Ἰουδαίους βλέπων, εἰδωλολάτρας δ' Ἄρειος\nμιμούμενος, ὁ μὲν προσώπων συγχέων ὑπόστασιν, ὁ δ' αὖ μερίζων δυσσεβῶς τὴν\nοὐσίαν.","english":"Who then, among the prudent, will endure to behold a contest of sorcery, not the speed of horses, a rebellion that begets murder, a plague of cities? Instead of these, rejoice in learning, from which you will practice the best way of life. When you have moderately trained your mind, as in a wrestling school, with various writings, then devote yourself to the divinely inspired scriptures of the two testaments, gathering great wealth, from the old and from the new always. For the new is the second written, and after it there will be no third. Devote all your zeal gladly to these, from which you will learn to practice a good way of life and to worship the true and only God. For it is a Monad and a Triad, eternal, Father with Son and all-holy Spirit, a Triad distinct in persons, a Monad in nature. Do not confuse the hypostases by number, nor, when you worship God, divide the nature. For the Triad is not divided in nature. For there is one Triad, one God almighty. This is a subtle, pious mystery. For the path of truth is indeed narrow, a path with cliffs on both sides, compressed, from which those who slip fall from opposite sides into deep-precipiced error, Sabellius looking toward the Jews, Arius imitating the idolaters, the one confusing the hypostasis of the persons, the other impiously dividing the essence.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"γοητείας ἅμιλλαν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'contest of sorcery' likely refers to chariot racing, which Amphilochius condemns as deceptive and harmful, contrasting it with wholesome learning.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"μονὰς ... τριὰς","severity":"info","text":"Monad and Triad are technical terms for the unity and trinity of God, central to Nicene theology. Amphilochius insists on one nature (οὐσία) and three hypostases.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Σαβέλλιος ... Ἄρειος","severity":"info","text":"Sabellius (3rd c.) taught that Father, Son, and Spirit are modes of one person; Arius (4th c.) subordinated the Son. Both were condemned as heretical. Amphilochius positions orthodoxy between them.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"παλαίστρᾳ","severity":"info","text":"The wrestling-school metaphor frames the transition from secular to scriptural study, a common pedagogical topos in early Christian paraenesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"διττῶν διαθηκῶν","severity":"info","text":"The 'two testaments' (Old and New) are presented as a closed canon; the statement that 'after it there will be no third' reflects 4th-century efforts to fix the biblical canon.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐκτεθλιμμένη","severity":"caution","text":"The adjective 'compressed' (ἐκτεθλιμμένη) for the narrow path is textually secure but metaphorically dense; it may imply the path is worn narrow by pressure, not that it is artificially squeezed.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἐξ ἐναντίων κατερράγησαν' could mean 'fell from opposite sides' or 'were broken from opposites'; the translation 'fall from opposite sides' is adopted for clarity."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"σὺ δ' ἀκλινῶς φύλαττε τὴν μέσην ὁδόν, ὡς χρὴ διαιρῶν, καὶ συνάπτων ὡς\nθέμις. συνάπτεται γὰρ ἡ τριὰς ἀσυγχύτως, ὥσπερ ἀτμήτως ἡ μονὰς χωρίζεται. ἡ γὰρ\nφύσις ἄτμητος, αἱ δ' ὑποστάσεις ἀεὶ μένουσι παντελῶς ἀσύγχυτοι. Τούτων φύλαξ μοι\nδιαμένοις τῶν δογμάτων καὶ γνήσιος μὲν ἐργάτης τῶν ἐντολῶν, σοφὸς δ' ἁπάσαις\nμυστικαῖς θεωρίαις, ἀεὶ προκόπτων, μήποτ' ἐκφυσώμενος. μείζων ἐπανθήσει γὰρ\nοὕτως ἡ χάρις. ὁρᾷς ὁ πιστὸς Μωϋσῆς, ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος, εἰκὼν τοῦ κατ' ἀρετὴν\nβίου, ὅπως ἅπασαν ἐκμαθὼν Αἰγυπτίων σοφίαν τὰ πρῶτα κἀν βαθεῖ πλούτῳ τραφεὶς\nἑκὼν φυγάς τε καὶ πένης ἐγίγνετο, κἀν ταῖς ἐρήμοις τῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τρυφῆς θῆσσαν\nτράπεζαν ποιμένων ἠλλάξατο δόξης τυράννων προκρίνας σκληρὸν βίον, ἕως\nτελείων ἄξιος θεαμάτων κριθεὶς μέγιστον ἀγγέλου μυστήριον εἶδε φανέντος ἐκ\nφλογὸς πυρὸς βάτου. εἶτ' ἀξιωθεὶς καὶ θεοῦ πρῶτον τότε φωνῆς ἀκοῦσαι καὶ λαβὼν\nἐξουσίαν λαῷ στένοντι δούλειον λύει ζυγὸν ἄρχει τε παντὸς τοῦ γένους ψήφῳ θεοῦ. λαβὼν τοσοῦτον ὕψος οὐκ ἐπαίρεται, ἀλλ' ἰσχνόφωνον καὶ βραδύγλωσσόν τινα\nφησὶν ἑαυτὸν ἀσθενὴς εἶναι λέγων, ὡς ἂν φρονῶν ταπεινὸν ἰσχυρὸς μένῃ. τούτου\nφύλαττε τοῦ βίου τὴν εἰκόνα μορφῶν σεαυτὸν τῷ τρόπῳ τῷ Μωσέως. Καὶ τὴν μάθησιν τῶν παρ' Ἕλλησιν λόγων ὥσπερ δικαστὴς ἔννομον ψῆφον\nφέρων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι τάξον, ὥς ἐστι πρέπον, τῇ τῶν ἀληθῶν δογμάτων παρρησία τῇ\nπανσόφῳ τε τῶν γραφῶν θεωρία. καὶ γὰρ δίκαιον τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ πνεύματος\nἄνωθεν οὖσαν ἐκ θεοῦ τ' ἀφιγμένην δέσποιναν εἶναι τῆς κάτω παιδεύσεως ὥσπερ\nθεραπαίνης μὴ μάτην φυσωμένης, ὑπηρετεῖν δὲ κοσμίως εἰθισμένης.","english":"You, however, must steadfastly keep the middle way, dividing as is necessary and joining as is proper. For the triad is united without confusion, just as the monad is separated without division. For the nature is indivisible, while the hypostases always remain entirely unconfused. May you abide as a guardian of these doctrines, a genuine worker of the commandments, and wise in all mystical contemplations, ever advancing, never puffed up. For grace will bloom the greater in this way. You see how faithful Moses, the man of God, an image of the virtuous life, after learning all the wisdom of the Egyptians and being raised in deep wealth, willingly became a fugitive and a pauper, and in the deserts exchanged the luxury of Egypt for the humble table of shepherds, preferring a hard life to the glory of tyrants, until, judged worthy of perfect visions, he saw the greatest mystery of an angel appearing from the flame of a burning bush. Then, deemed worthy to hear the voice of God for the first time, and receiving authority, he loosens the yoke of slavery for the groaning people and rules the entire nation by the decree of God. Having received such height, he is not exalted, but calls himself weak-voiced and slow-tongued, saying he is feeble, so that, being humble-minded, he may remain strong. Keep this image of his life, forming yourself after the manner of Moses. And as for the learning of the Greeks, like a judge bearing a lawful vote, order it to serve, as is fitting, the freedom of true doctrines and the all-wise contemplation of the Scriptures. For it is just that the wisdom of the Spirit, being from above and arrived from God, should be mistress of the lower education, as of a handmaid not vainly puffed up, but accustomed to serve modestly.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τριὰς ἀσυγχύτως","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'triad without confusion' reflects the standard Greek patristic formula for the Trinity: three hypostases united in one ousia, without mixture or separation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ὑποστάσεις","severity":"info","text":"Hypostases here denotes the three divine persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), distinct but not divided, a key term in post-Nicene Trinitarian theology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Μωϋσῆς ... βάτου","severity":"info","text":"The account of Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3:2–6) is paraphrased; the 'angel from the flame' conflates the LXX's 'angel' (Exod 3:2) with the theophany.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν μάθησιν τῶν παρ' Ἕλλησιν λόγων","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius advocates a selective use of Greek paideia, subordinating it to Christian truth, a common stance among Cappadocian Fathers (e.g., Basil's Address to Young Men).","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"σὺ δ' ἀκλινῶς φύλαττε τὴν μέσην ὁδόν","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from the preceding critique of pagan spectacles to a positive exhortation on doctrinal orthodoxy and the proper use of secular learning, forming a new thematic section.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"δέσποιναν ... θεραπαίνης","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of philosophy as handmaid to theology (ancilla theologiae) became a standard medieval trope, here anticipated in Greek patristic form.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἀγγέλου μυστήριον' (mystery of an angel) in the Moses episode may reflect an exegetical tradition identifying the burning bush theophany as an angelic manifestation, but the text is not explicit."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ γὰρ\nἡ κάτω δουλευέτω. Πλὴν ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο προμαθεῖν μάλιστά σοι προσῆκον· οὐχ ἅπασα\nβίβλος ἀσφαλὴς ἡ σεμνὸν ὄνομα τῆς γραφῆς κεκτημένη. εἰσὶν γάρ, εἰσὶν ἔσθ' ὅτε\nψευδώνυμοι βίβλοι· τινὲς μὲν ἔμμεσοι καὶ γείτονες, ὡς ἄν τις εἴποι, τῶν ἀληθείας\nλόγων. αἱ δ' αὖ νόθοι τε καὶ λίαν ἐπισφαλεῖς ὥσπερ παράσημα καὶ νόθα νομίσματα,\nἃ βασιλέως μὲν τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχει, κίβδηλα δ' ἐστί, ταῖς ὕλαις δολούμενα. Τούτων\nχάριν σοι τῶν θεοπνεύστων ἐρῶ βίβλων ἑκάστην· ὡς δ' ἂν εὐκρινῶς μάθῃς, τὰς τῆς\nπαλαιᾶς πρῶτα διαθήκης ἐρῶ. ἡ πεντάτευχος τὴν κτίσιν, εἶτ' ἔξοδον, λευιτικὸν δὲ\nτὴν μέσην βίβλον ἔχει, μεθ' ἣν ἀριθμούς, εἶτα δευτερονόμιον. τούτοις Ἰησοῦν\nπροστίθει καὶ τοὺς κριτάς, ἔπειτα τὴν Ῥοὺθ βασιλειῶν τε τέσσαρας βίβλους,\nπαραλειπομένων δέ γε ξυνωρίδα. Ἔσδρας ἐπ' αὐταῖς πρῶτος, εἶθ' ὁ δεύτερος. ἑξῆς\nστιχηρὰς πέντε σοι βίβλους ἐρῶ· στεφθέντος ἄθλοις ποικίλων παθῶν Ἰὼβ ψαλμῶν\nτε βίβλον, ἐμμελὲς ψυχῶν ἄκος, τρεῖς δ' αὖ Σολομῶντος τοῦ σοφοῦ, παροιμίας,\nἐκκλησιαστὴν ᾆσμά τε τῶν ᾀσμάτων. ταύταις προφήτας προστίθει τοὺς δώδεκα,\nὨσηὲ πρῶτον, εἶτ' Ἀμὼς τὸν δεύτερον, Μιχαίαν, Ἰωήλ, Ἀβδίαν καὶ τὸν τύπον Ἰωνᾶν\nαὐτοῦ τοῦ τριημέρου πάθους, Ναοὺμ μετ' αὐτούς, Ἀββακούμ, εἶτ' εἴνατον Σοφονίαν,\n3\nΕρευνητικό έργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστήριο ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτισµικής Κληρονοµιάς, www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/chmlab. Χρηµατοδότηση: ΚΠ Interreg ΙΙΙΑ (ETΠΑ 75%, Εθν. πόροι 25%). Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου, Τµήµα Πολιτισµικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας, © 2006.","english":"ible. For the lower part must serve the higher. But above all, it is most fitting for you to learn this: not every book that bears the sacred name of Scripture is safe. For there are, indeed, sometimes falsely named books; some are intermediate and akin, so to speak, to the words of truth, while others are spurious and exceedingly dangerous, like counterfeit and base coins, which bear the king's inscription but are adulterated by their materials. For this reason, I will recount to you each of the God-inspired books, so that you may learn clearly. First, I will speak of the books of the Old Testament. The Pentateuch includes Genesis, then Exodus, Leviticus as the middle book, after which come Numbers, then Deuteronomy. To these add Joshua and the Judges, then Ruth, and the four books of Kings, and the pair of Chronicles. First Ezra, then the second. Next, I will tell you of five poetic books: Job, crowned with the struggles of various sufferings, and the book of Psalms, a healing melody for souls, and three by the wise Solomon: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. To these add the twelve prophets: first Hosea, then Amos the second, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah, who experienced the three-day passion, then Nahum, Habakkuk, ninth Zephaniah,","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"οὐχ ἅπασα βίβλος ἀσφαλὴς ἡ σεμνὸν ὄνομα τῆς γραφῆς κεκτημένη","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius warns that not every book bearing the sacred name of Scripture is safe, introducing a canon discussion.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ψευδώνυμοι βίβλοι","severity":"info","text":"The term 'falsely named books' refers to pseudepigrapha or apocryphal works, which Amphilochius distinguishes from canonical books.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ κάτω δουλευέτω","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the lower part must serve the higher' echoes Pauline language (e.g., Romans 6:12-13) about the subordination of the flesh to the spirit.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"παράσημα καὶ νόθα νομίσματα","severity":"info","text":"The comparison of spurious books to counterfeit coins bearing a king's inscription reflects a common patristic metaphor for distinguishing authentic from heretical writings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τὰς τῆς παλαιᾶς πρῶτα διαθήκης ἐρῶ","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius structures his canon list by first enumerating Old Testament books, then poetic books, then prophets, following a traditional order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τρεῖς δ' αὖ Σολομῶντος τοῦ σοφοῦ, παροιμίας, ἐκκλησιαστὴν ᾆσμά τε τῶν ᾀσμάτων","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius attributes Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs to Solomon, a common patristic view, and includes them in the canon.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text has a lacuna at the start of the passage; the English draft supplies 'ible' as a fragment of 'Bible', but the original Greek begins mid-sentence with 'τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ γὰρ'.","The list of minor prophets is incomplete in the provided Greek, breaking off after Zephaniah; the English draft notes this as 'ninth Zephaniah'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Επιτρέπεται η ελεύθερη χρήση του υλικού µε αναφορά στην πηγή προέλευσής του.\n\nἈγγαῖόν τε καὶ Ζαχαρίαν διώνυμόν τε ἄγγελον Μαλαχίαν. μεθ' οὓς προφήτας\nμάνθανε τοὺς τέσσαρας, παρρησιαστὴν τὸν μέγαν Ἠσαίαν Ἱερεμίαν τε συμπαθῆ, καὶ\nμυστικὸν Ἰεζεκιήλ, ἔσχατον δὲ ∆ανιήλ, τὸν αὐτὸν ἔργοις καὶ λόγοις σοφώτατον. τούτοις προσεγκρίνουσι τὴν Ἐσθήρ τινες. Καινῆς διαθήκης ὥρα μοι βίβλους λέγειν. εὐαγγελιστὰς τέσσαρας δέχου μόνους· Ματθαῖον, εἶτα Μάρκον, ᾧ Λουκᾶν τρίτον\nπροσθεὶς ἀρίθμει τὸν Ἰωάννην χρόνῳ τέταρτον, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον ὕψει δογμάτων. βροντῆς γὰρ υἱὸν τοῦτον εἰκότως καλῶ μέγιστον ἠχήσαντα τῷ θεοῦ λόγῳ. δέχου δὲ\nβίβλον Λουκᾶ καὶ τὴν δευτέραν τὴν τῶν καθολικῶν πράξεων ἀποστόλων. τὸ σκεῦος\nἑξῆς προστίθει τῆς ἐκλογῆς, τὸν τῶν ἐθνῶν κήρυκα, τὸν ἀπόστολον Παῦλον σοφῶς\nγράψαντα ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ἐπιστολὰς δὶς ἑπτά· Ῥωμαίοις μίαν, ᾗ χρὴ συνάπτειν πρὸς\nΚορινθίους δύο, τὴν πρὸς Γαλάτας τε καὶ πρὸς Ἐφεσίους, μεθ' ἣν τὴν ἐν Φιλίπποις,\nεἶτα τὴν γεγραμμένην Κολασσαεῦσι, Θεσσαλονικεῦσιν δύο, δύο Τιμοθέῳ, Τίτῳ καὶ\nΦιλήμονι μίαν ἑκατέρῳ καὶ πρὸς Ἑβραίους μίαν. τινὲς δέ φασι τὴν πρὸς Ἑβραίους\nνόθον οὐκ εὖ λέγοντες· γνησία γὰρ ἡ χάρις. εἶεν, τί λοιπόν; καθολικῶν ἐπιστολῶν\nτινὲς μὲν ἑπτά φασιν, οἱ δὲ τρεῖς μόνας χρῆναι δέχεσθαι· τὴν Ἰακώβου μίαν, μίαν δὲ\nΠέτρου τῶν τ' Ἰωάννου μίαν. τινὲς δὲ τὰς τρεῖς καὶ πρὸς αὐταῖς τὰς δύο Πέτρου\nδέχονται, τὴν Ἰούδα δ' ἑβδόμην. τὴν δ' ἀποκάλυψιν τὴν Ἰωάννου πάλιν τινὲς μὲν\nἐγκρίνουσιν, οἱ πλείους δέ γε νόθον λέγουσιν.","english":"Haggai and Zechariah, and the two-named angel Malachi. After these prophets, learn the four: the great Isaiah the outspoken, Jeremiah the compassionate, Ezekiel the mystic, and last Daniel, the wisest in deeds and words. Some also include Esther among these. Now it is time for me to speak of the books of the New Testament. Accept only four evangelists: Matthew, then Mark, to whom add Luke third, and count John fourth in time, but first in the height of doctrines. For I rightly call him the son of thunder, who thundered most greatly with the word of God. Accept also the second book of Luke, that of the universal acts of the apostles. Next add the vessel of election, the herald of the Gentiles, the apostle Paul, who wisely wrote to the churches fourteen letters: one to the Romans, to which must be joined two to the Corinthians, one to the Galatians and one to the Ephesians, after that the one to the Philippians, then the one written to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two to Timothy, one each to Titus and Philemon, and one to the Hebrews. Some say the letter to the Hebrews is spurious, but they speak wrongly; for its grace is genuine. Well, what remains? Of the catholic epistles, some say there are seven, others that only three should be accepted: one of James, one of Peter, and one of John. Some accept the three and in addition the two of Peter, and Jude as the seventh. The Revelation of John, again, some include, but the majority say it is spurious.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"διώνυμόν τε ἄγγελον Μαλαχίαν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'two-named angel Malachi' plays on the meaning of Malachi as 'my messenger' (angel) and the tradition that Malachi is a title, not a personal name.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"βροντῆς γὰρ υἱὸν τοῦτον","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'son of thunder' for John the Evangelist echoes Mark 3:17, where Jesus names James and John 'Boanerges', meaning 'sons of thunder'.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν πρὸς Ἑβραίους μίαν","severity":"info","text":"Amphilochius defends the Pauline authorship of Hebrews against those who call it spurious (νόθον), reflecting 4th-century debates in the Eastern church.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν δ' ἀποκάλυψιν τὴν Ἰωάννου","severity":"info","text":"The note that 'the majority say it is spurious' (νόθον) shows the contested canonical status of Revelation in the 4th-century Greek East.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Καινῆς διαθήκης ὥρα μοι βίβλους λέγειν","severity":"info","text":"This line marks a clear structural shift from the Old Testament canon list to the New Testament, organizing the poem into two main sections.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τινὲς δέ φασι τὴν πρὸς Ἑβραίους νόθον οὐκ εὖ λέγοντες","severity":"caution","text":"Amphilochius's assertion that Hebrews is genuine (γνησία) is a minority position in his era; the poem's polemical tone may reflect local controversy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τινὲς μὲν ἑπτά φασιν, οἱ δὲ τρεῖς μόνας' leaves unclear which specific catholic epistles are counted; the poem lists James, 1 Peter, and 1 John as the three, but the seven include 2 Peter and Jude, with the remaining two unspecified (likely 2–3 John)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"οὗτος ἀψευδέστατος κανὼν ἂν εἴη\nτῶν θεοπνεύστων γραφῶν. Αἷς εἰ σὺ πεισθῇς, ἐκφύγοις κόσμου πάγας, ματαιότητα δ'\nἐλπίδων ῥίψαις κάτω, πλοῦτον δὲ τὸν φεύγοντα δαψιλεῖ χερὶ σπείραις πένησιν\nἀσφαλὲς μένων θέρος. ἐν οὐρανοῖς γὰρ τὸ σπαρὲν θησαυριεῖς. Χριστῷ δ' ἕποιο τῷ\nσοφῷ θεοῦ λόγῳ. ἆ τρίσμακάρ τις, ἆ τρισόλβιος σύ γε πολλοῖς γέρουσι καὶ νέοις\nφωστὴρ φανείς. λάμπει γὰρ ἄστρων μᾶλλον εὐσεβὴς βίος. καί σε προφητῶν,\nμαρτύρων, ἀποστόλων χορὸς περιστὰς ὥσπερ οἰκεῖον μέλος στέψει προπέμπων\nἐπινίκιον κρότον. τρυγῶν δ' ἄπαυστον δόξαν ἡσθήσῃ τότε, μέσος χορεύων ἀγγέλων\nστεφηφόρος. Ἔρρωσο καὶ μέμνησο τῶν γεγραμμένων. Τὴν σεμνότητος, ἁγνείας,\nἀσκήσεως ἔμψυχον εἰκὼ πίστεώς τε σφραγῖδα Ὀλυμπιάδα πρόσειπε τὴν σὴν τιτθίδα. Ἢν ἐθέλῃσθα, Σέλευκε, μαθεῖν τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἰάμβων, τρεῖς ἑκατοντάδας ἴσθι, τόσας\nδεκάδας, μονάδας τρεῖς. αἰεὶ γάρ σε, τέκος, τριάδος φίλον εὔχομαι εἶναι.\n\n4\nΕρευνητικό έργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστήριο ∆ιαχείρισης Πολιτισµικής Κληρονοµιάς, www.aegean.gr/culturaltec/chmlab. Χρηµατοδότηση: ΚΠ Interreg ΙΙΙΑ (ETΠΑ 75%, Εθν. πόροι 25%). Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου, Τµήµα Πολιτισµικής Τεχνολογίας και Επικοινωνίας, © 2006. Επιτρέπεται η ελεύθερη χρήση του υλικού µε αναφορά στην πηγή προέλευσής του.","english":"This would be the most truthful canon of the God-inspired scriptures. If you are persuaded by them, you would escape the snares of the world, cast down the vanity of hopes, and with a generous hand scatter the fleeting wealth to the poor, remaining a secure harvest. For what is sown in the heavens you will store up. Follow Christ, the wise Word of God. O thrice-blessed one, O thrice-fortunate you, who have appeared as a light to many elders and youths. For a pious life shines more than the stars. And the chorus of prophets, martyrs, and apostles, standing around you as a familiar member, will crown you, sending you forth with a victory cry. Then, reaping unceasing glory, you will rejoice, crowned and dancing in the midst of angels. Farewell, and remember what has been written. Greet Olympias, your nurse, the living image of modesty, purity, and asceticism, and the seal of faith. If you wish, Seleucus, to learn the number of iambs, know that there are three hundreds, as many tens, and three units. I always pray, child, that you be a friend of the Trinity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"οὗτος ἀψευδέστατος κανὼν ἂν εἴη","severity":"info","text":"The phrase concludes the canon list begun in the previous passage, asserting its reliability as a rule for scripture.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"θεοπνεύστων γραφῶν","severity":"info","text":"The term 'God-inspired scriptures' echoes the Greek patristic formula for canonical books, emphasizing divine authorship.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὀλυμπιάδα","severity":"info","text":"Olympias is likely a historical figure, possibly a deaconess or ascetic known to Amphilochius; the address to Seleucus's nurse personalizes the poem.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τρεῖς ἑκατοντάδας ἴσθι, τόσας δεκάδας, μονάδας τρεῖς","severity":"info","text":"The poet gives the total line count as 333 iambs, a numeric signature that also alludes to the Trinity (three hundreds, three tens, three units).","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τριάδος φίλον","severity":"info","text":"The closing wish that Seleucus be a 'friend of the Trinity' reflects Amphilochius's Nicene orthodoxy and the poem's catechetical purpose.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἔρρωσο καὶ μέμνησο","severity":"caution","text":"The farewell formula is conventional, but the shift to direct address of Olympias may indicate a separate addressee or a later addition; the text is not corrupt but the unity is debated.","cites":[{"key":"ed:khazarzar-amphilochius-of-iconium-iambi-ad-seleucum","label":"source edition: Iambi ad Seleucum","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Amphilochius%20Iconiensis_PG%2039/Iambi%20ad%20Seleucum.pdf"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of Olympias is not specified beyond 'nurse'; she may be a spiritual or biological figure. The line count of 333 iambs is given but the actual number in the transmitted text may vary."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}