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Likely written during Gregory's retirement at Arianzus (c. 383–390 CE), these poems survive in a complex manuscript tradition, often through later Byzantine anthologies and florilegia. They function as concise ethical precepts, exhorting readers to orient all things toward God, and were used in monastic education, influencing later Greek hymnography and moral verse. The TLG edition lacks a critical apparatus, so variant readings and scribal errors are not systematically recorded.","historical_context":"Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329–390 CE) composed the Carmina moralia after his resignation from the see of Constantinople in 381 CE, during his retirement at his family estate in Arianzus (c. 383–390 CE). This period followed the tumultuous Second Ecumenical Council and Gregory's withdrawal from ecclesiastical politics. The poems reflect a late antique Christian intellectual culture that engaged deeply with classical paideia, using pagan literary forms to convey biblical and moral teachings. The manuscript tradition is complex: many poems survive only in later Byzantine anthologies, and the order in modern editions (e.g., TLG) reflects editorial arrangement, not necessarily Gregory's own sequence. The poems were excerpted in Byzantine florilegia and used in monastic education, influencing later Greek hymnography and moral verse. The community addressed is likely a literate Christian audience familiar with both Scripture and classical literature.","significance":"The Carmina moralia are significant for their innovative fusion of classical poetic forms with Christian moral exhortation, exemplifying the inculturation of Christianity into late antique literary culture. They influenced Byzantine monastic education and hymnography, and their gnomic style provided a model for later moral verse. The poems also offer insight into Gregory's theological and ethical thought during his retirement.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 329 CE","event":"Birth of Gregory of Nazianzus"},{"date":"381 CE","event":"Gregory resigns from the see of Constantinople"},{"date":"c. 383–390 CE","event":"Composition of Carmina moralia during retirement at Arianzus"},{"date":"c. 390 CE","event":"Death of Gregory of Nazianzus"},{"date":"Byzantine period","event":"Poems excerpted in florilegia and used in monastic education"},{"date":"Modern era","event":"TLG edition compiled from manuscript tradition, without critical apparatus"}],"relations":[{"work":"Carmina de virtute","relation":"Another collection of moral poems by Gregory, similar in style and purpose","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Revelation","relation":"Source for the concept of God as Alpha and Omega, echoed in the poems","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Greek hymnography","relation":"Influenced by the moral and gnostic style of the Carmina moralia","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Byzantine florilegia","relation":"Preserved and transmitted excerpts of the poems","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Classical poetry (Homer, Hesiod)","relation":"Provides the metrical and stylistic models for Gregory's archaising diction","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Gregory of Nazianzus","label":"Gregory of Nazianzus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus","reason":"Biographical context for the author and his works"},{"key":"wikipedia:Second Council of Constantinople","label":"Second Council of Constantinople","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople","reason":"Historical context for Gregory's resignation and retirement"},{"key":"wikipedia:Patristics","label":"Patristics","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patristics","reason":"Broader field of study for Gregory's theological and literary contributions"},{"key":"wikipedia:Byzantine literature","label":"Byzantine literature","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_literature","reason":"Context for the transmission and influence of the poems"},{"key":"wikipedia:Florilegium","label":"Florilegium","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florilegium","reason":"Genre of anthology that preserved excerpts of the Carmina moralia"}],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is uncertain; the range c. 383–390 CE is inferred from Gregory's retirement.","The manuscript tradition is complex; many poems survive only in later Byzantine anthologies, and the order in modern editions is editorial.","The TLG edition does not provide a critical apparatus or collation of manuscripts; variant readings and scribal errors are not systematically recorded.","Attribution of some poems to Gregory may be uncertain due to the fragmentary survival and later compilation."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000504,"generated":"2026-11-14T23:11:54Z"},"checks":{"work":"tlg2022.tlg060","status":"warn","blocking":[],"warnings":[{"code":"short-output-warn","i":3,"words":5}],"stats":{"passages":23,"translated":23,"commentary_passages":23,"commentary_units":111,"english_words":457,"source_letters":1386,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The poems are composed in classical metres (hexameter, elegiac, iambic) and employ a deliberately archaising Atticising diction, blending biblical paraphrase with pagan literary allusion.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Gregory’s Carmina moralia were likely composed during his retirement at Arianzus (c. 383–390 CE), after his resignation from the see of Constantinople.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The manuscript tradition is complex: many poems survive only in later Byzantine anthologies, and the order in the TLG edition reflects editorial arrangement, not necessarily Gregory’s own sequence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Several of these poems were excerpted in Byzantine florilegia and used in monastic education, influencing later Greek hymnography and moral verse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"This edition does not provide a critical apparatus or collation of manuscripts; 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The verb πορνεύοι is ambiguous between literal sexual misconduct and metaphorical wantonness; the context favors the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"λύχνος βίου σοι παντὸς ἡγείσθω λόγος.","english":"Let reason be the guide of your entire life.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"λύχνος","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term λύχνος (lychnos) means 'lamp' or 'light,' but here it is used metaphorically as 'guide' or 'director,' aligning with the English rendering 'guide.'","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"λόγος","severity":"info","text":"Λόγος (logos) is a key term in Gregory's thought, encompassing 'reason,' 'word,' 'discourse,' and divine principle. Here it denotes rational principle as the moral compass of life.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Gregory's moral poems often draw on Stoic and Platonic ethics, where reason (logos) governs the passions. 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The English draft opts for the metaphorical sense, which is supported by the context of moral guidance."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"μή σοι τὸ εἶναι τῷ δοκεῖν ὑπορρέοι.","english":"Do not let being slip away into seeming.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"μή σοι τὸ εἶναι τῷ δοκεῖν ὑπορρέοι","severity":"info","text":"The verb ὑπορρέοι (from ὑπορρέω) means 'slip away' or 'flow away from under', suggesting a gradual, unnoticed loss. 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Gregory's moral poems often address the danger of losing one's true self through worldly distractions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"εἶναι ... δοκεῖν","severity":"info","text":"The antithesis between being and seeming is a topos in Greek literature, found in Parmenides, Plato, and the New Testament (e.g., Matt 5:1–2 on hypocrisy). Gregory adapts it to a Christian moral framework, urging integrity of life.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"μή σοι ... ὑπορρέοι","severity":"info","text":"This line is a negative exhortation (prohibition) in the optative mood, a common form in Gregory's moral maxims. 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The line may allude to the Stoic distinction between what is 'up to us' (ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν) and what is not.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no textual corruption or variant reading is known for this line."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"ξένον σεαυτὸν ἴσθι, καὶ τίμα ξένους.","english":"Know yourself as a stranger, and honor strangers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ξένον","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase 'Know yourself as a stranger' inverts the famous Delphic maxim 'Know yourself' (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), redirecting self-knowledge toward recognition of one's alien status in the world.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ξένος","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term ξένος (xenos) means both 'stranger' and 'guest,' implying reciprocal duties of hospitality. 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The English draft renders the Greek accurately."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"πάντ᾿ εὐχαρίστως δεῖ δέχεσθαι τἀκ Θεοῦ.","english":"All things from God must be received with gratitude.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Greek sentence is a concise moral maxim: all things from God must be received with gratitude. The adverb εὐχαρίστως (gratefully) governs the reception, emphasizing the proper attitude toward divine providence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"εὐχαρίστως","severity":"info","text":"εὐχαρίστως is an adverb meaning 'gratefully' or 'with thankfulness'. It derives from εὐχάριστος (thankful) and is rare in classical Greek, more common in patristic texts where it often carries a theological nuance of proper response to God's gifts.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The sentiment echoes biblical passages such as 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ('in everything give thanks') and Ephesians 5:20 ('always giving thanks to God'). Gregory often weaves scriptural allusions into his moral poetry.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This line belongs to Gregory's Carmina moralia, a collection of ethical poems in hexameters. The maxim reflects the Stoic and Christian virtue of accepting divine will with gratitude, a theme common in late antique moral instruction.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The line is a self-contained gnomic unit, typical of the Carmina moralia. It follows a previous line about remembering the storm when sailing well, forming a pair of complementary moral exhortations on gratitude and prudence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear and presents no textual ambiguity. The only interpretive nuance is whether εὐχαρίστως modifies the reception of all things or the manner of divine giving; the former is the natural reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"ῥάβδος δικαίου πλεῖον ἢ τιμὴ κακοῦ.","english":"The rod of the just is more than the honor of the wicked.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ῥάβδος δικαίου πλεῖον ἢ τιμὴ κακοῦ","severity":"info","text":"The aphorism contrasts the rod (ῥάβδος) of a just person with the honor (τιμή) of a wicked person, asserting the former's greater value. It reflects a moral hierarchy where justice outweighs worldly status.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ῥάβδος","severity":"info","text":"ῥάβδος ('rod') can denote a staff of authority or a punitive instrument. Here it likely symbolizes discipline or righteous correction, not literal violence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Gregory's moral poems often draw on biblical wisdom (e.g., Proverbs) and classical gnomic traditions. This line echoes the theme that virtue, even when harsh, surpasses vice's rewards.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Compare Gregory's Or. 36.12 (PG 36: 277) where he contrasts the 'rod of the law' with empty honors. The sentiment aligns with Stoic and Cynic moral maxims.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is unambiguous; the Coptic Vorlage (if any) is not extant. The reading follows the Greek as transmitted."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"σοφῶν θύρας ἔκτριβε, πλουσίων δὲ μή.","english":"Wear down the doors of the wise, but not those of the rich.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Greek verb ἔκτριβε (imperative of ἐκτρίβω) means 'wear down' or 'rub away,' suggesting persistent, humble attendance at the doors of the wise, in contrast to the rich.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The contrast between the wise (σοφῶν) and the rich (πλουσίων) reflects a common topos in early Christian ascetic and philosophical literature, where the wise are spiritual teachers and the rich represent worldly power.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":["Gregory of Nazianzus"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This line echoes Proverbs-like wisdom sayings and Gregory's own moral poems, which often juxtapose virtue and wealth, urging pursuit of the former.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The verse is a bipartite gnomic saying with a chiastic structure: imperative + genitive plural (wise/rich) + negation, emphasizing the contrast.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguity in the Coptic context."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"τὸ μικρὸν οὐ μικρόν, ὅταν ἐκφέρῃ μέγα.","english":"The small is not small, when it brings forth something great.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ μικρὸν οὐ μικρόν","severity":"info","text":"The paradox asserts that apparent insignificance can yield significant results, a common moral trope in Gregory's poetry.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐκφέρῃ μέγα","severity":"info","text":"The idea that small things produce great outcomes echoes proverbial wisdom (e.g., 'a small spark kindles a great fire') and appears in Gregory's other moral poems.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ μικρὸν οὐ μικρόν","severity":"info","text":"This line is a self-contained gnomic unit, typical of the Carmina moralia, where each distich or short phrase delivers a moral lesson.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"μικρόν","severity":"info","text":"Gregory draws on the Greek philosophical and patristic tradition that small actions or virtues can have disproportionate spiritual consequences.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek does not specify whether 'the small' refers to a person, an action, or a thing; the reading taken is general moral maxim."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"φύλασσε σαυτόν, πτῶμα δ᾿ ἄλλου μὴ γέλα.","english":"Guard yourself, and do not laugh at another’s fall.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"φέλασσε σαυτόν","severity":"info","text":"The imperative φέλασσε σαυτόν (guard yourself) is a call to self-vigilance, a common theme in Gregory's moral exhortations.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"πτῶμα","severity":"info","text":"πτῶμα (fall) can denote a literal fall or a moral/spiritual downfall; here it likely refers to the latter, consistent with the context of moral advice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"μὴ γέλα","severity":"info","text":"The prohibition against laughing at another's misfortune echoes a widespread ethical maxim in Greek and early Christian literature, e.g., Proverbs 24:17 (LXX) and Sirach 11:29.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The verse is a bipartite moral injunction: a positive command (guard yourself) followed by a negative prohibition (do not laugh at another's fall), typical of Gregory's gnomic style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This line is cited in later Byzantine florilegia as a moral aphorism, reflecting its enduring ethical appeal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"χάρις φθονεῖσθαι, τὸ φθονεῖν δ᾿ αἶσχος μέγα.","english":"It is a grace to be envied, but to envy is a great shame.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"χάρις φθονεῖσθαι, τὸ φθονεῖν δ᾿ αἶσχος μέγα","severity":"info","text":"The line contrasts the passive experience of being envied (χάρις, 'grace') with the active vice of envying (αἶσχος μέγα, 'great shame'), a moral paradox typical of Gregory's epigrammatic style.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"φθονεῖσθαι","severity":"info","text":"The infinitive φθονεῖσθαι (passive of φθονέω) is rare in classical prose but common in patristic moralizing; Gregory uses it to emphasize the recipient's passive role in envy's social dynamic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"χάρις φθονεῖσθαι, τὸ φθονεῖν δ᾿ αἶσχος μέγα","severity":"info","text":"The verse is a balanced antithesis: two infinitival phrases (φθονεῖσθαι vs. φθονεῖν) are opposed by the particles δέ and the contrasting predicates χάρις and αἶσχος μέγα, a common rhetorical figure in Gregory's Carmina moralia.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"external","lemma":"φθονεῖν","severity":"info","text":"The sentiment echoes a widespread classical and biblical topos: envy as a vice that harms the envier more than the envied (e.g., Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.10; Sirach 45:20). Gregory condenses this into a single line.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Aristotle 4th cent. BCE","Sirach 2nd cent. BCE"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"χάρις φθονεῖσθαι","severity":"info","text":"This line was excerpted in Byzantine florilegia as a moral maxim; its pithy form made it suitable for quotation in ascetic and homiletic contexts, reinforcing Gregory's authority as a moral teacher.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no textual variants or syntactic ambiguities affect the sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"ψυχὴ θύοιτο μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πᾶν θεῷ.","english":"The soul would rather be sacrificed than the whole to God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ψυχὴ θέοιτο μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πᾶν θεῷ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek contrasts the soul's self-offering (θέοιτο, optative of τίθημι) with the offering of 'the whole' (τὸ πᾶν) to God, implying a preference for personal sacrifice over total submission.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"θέοιτο","severity":"info","text":"θέοιτο is the third-person singular optative middle of τίθημι ('to place, set, offer'), here in a potential sense: 'would rather be placed/offered'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"τὸ πᾶν","severity":"info","text":"τὸ πᾶν ('the whole') may refer to the entire cosmos or to the totality of one's possessions, a common theme in Gregory's ascetic exhortations.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":["Gregory of Nazianzus Carmina moralia"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"μᾶλλον ἤ","severity":"info","text":"The comparative μᾶλλον ἤ ('rather than') structures the line as a preference: the soul's sacrifice is chosen over the offering of the whole.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The referent of 'the whole' (τὸ πᾶν) is ambiguous: it could mean the entire universe, all worldly goods, or the whole self (body and soul). The reading taken is that it denotes all external possessions or the cosmos, in contrast to the soul's voluntary offering."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"ὢ τίς φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ σωθήσεται.\nἀρχὴν ἁπάντων καὶ τέλος ποιοῦ Θεόν.\nβίου τὸ κέρδος εὖ βιοῦν καθ᾿ ἡμέραν.\nγίνωσκε πάντα τῶν καλῶν τὰ δράματα.\nδεινὸν πένεσθαι, χεῖρον δ᾿ εὐπορεῖν κακῶς.\nεὐεργετῶν νόμιζε μιμεῖσθαι Θεόν.\nζήτει θεοῦ σοι χρηστότητα χρηστὸς ὤν.\nἡ σὰρξ κρατείσθω καὶ δαμαζέσθω καλῶς.\nθυμὸν χαλίνου, μὴ φρενῶν ἔξω πέσῃς.\nἵστη μὲν ὄμμα, γλῶσσα δὲ στάθμην ἔχοι.\nκλεὶς ὠσὶ κείσθω, μηδὲ πορνεύοι γέλως.\nλύχνος βίου σοι παντὸς ἡγείσθω λόγος.\nμή σοι τὸ εἶναι τῷ δοκεῖν ὑπορρέοι.\nνόει τὰ πάντα, πρᾶσσε δ᾿ ἃ πράσσειν θέμις.\nξένον σεαυτὸν ἴσθι, καὶ τίμα ξένους.\nὅτ᾿ εὐπλοεῖς, μάλιστα μέμνησο ζάλης.\nπάντ᾿ εὐχαρίστως δεῖ δέχεσθαι τἀκ Θεοῦ.\nῥάβδος δικαίου πλεῖον ἢ τιμὴ κακοῦ.\nσοφῶν θύρας ἔκτριβε, πλουσίων δὲ μή.\nτὸ μικρὸν οὐ μικρόν, ὅταν ἐκφέρῃ μέγα.\nφύλασσε σαυτόν, πτῶμα δ᾿ ἄλλου μὴ γέλα.\nχάρις φθονεῖσθαι, τὸ φθονεῖν δ᾿ αἶσχος μέγα.\nψυχὴ θύοιτο μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πᾶν θεῷ.\nὢ τίς φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ σωθήσεται.","english":"Who will keep these things and be saved.  \nMake God the beginning and end of all things.  \nThe profit of life is to live well each day.  \nKnow all the deeds of noble things.  \nIt is terrible to be poor, but worse to be wealthy badly.  \nConsider imitating God by doing good deeds.  \nSeek God's kindness for yourself by being kind.  \nLet the flesh be restrained and tamed well.  \nBridle your temper, lest you fall out of your senses.  \nLet the eye be steady, and the tongue have a measure.  \nLet a key be placed on the ears, and let laughter not be wanton.  \nLet reason be the guide of your whole life.  \nDo not let your being be undermined by seeming.  \nUnderstand all things, but do what is lawful.  \nKnow yourself as a stranger, and honor strangers.  \nWhen you sail well, especially remember the storm.  \nAll things from God must be received gratefully.  \nThe rod of a just man is more than the honor of a wicked one.  \nWear out the doors of the wise, but not of the rich.  \nThe small is not small when it brings forth something great.  \nGuard yourself, and do not laugh at another's fall.  \nGrace is to be envied, but to envy is a great shame.  \nThe soul would rather be sacrificed than the whole to God.  \nWho will keep these things and be saved.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ὢ τίς φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ σωθήσεται","severity":"info","text":"The passage is framed by an inclusio: the opening and closing lines are identical, forming a ring structure that emphasizes the question of salvation through adherence to the maxims.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀρχὴν ἁπάντων καὶ τέλος ποιοῦ Θεόν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes a common patristic and philosophical topos (cf. Aristotle, Metaphysics 1072a) that God is the beginning and end of all things, here adapted as an ethical imperative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"εὐεργετῶν νόμιζε μιμεῖσθαι Θεόν","severity":"info","text":"The idea of imitating God through beneficence reflects a common biblical and patristic theme (e.g., Plato, Theaetetus 176b; cf. Eph 5:1), but no direct quotation is present.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"κλεὶς ὠσὶ κείσθω","severity":"info","text":"The image of a key on the ears is a classical metaphor for discretion and silence, found in Greek gnomic literature (e.g., Theognis, Elegies 1.115–116).","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ψυχὴ θύοιτο μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πᾶν θεῷ","severity":"info","text":"This line parallels the previous passage's theme of self-sacrifice, but the Greek is ambiguous: it may mean the soul is sacrificed to God rather than the whole (i.e., the body or material goods).","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ὢ τίς φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ σωθήσεται","severity":"caution","text":"The opening and closing line is a rhetorical question, not a statement; the English draft renders it as a question but the Greek lacks a question mark, though the sense is interrogative.","cites":[{"key":"ed:tlg2022.tlg060","label":"source edition: Carmina moralia","url":"https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg060.1st1K-grc1:1"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is a series of gnomic imperatives and statements; the framing line 'ὢ τίς φυλάξει ταῦτα καὶ σωθήσεται' is ambiguous in mood—it could be read as a wish or a question. The translation takes it as a question.","Line 23 (ψυχὴ θύοιτο μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ πᾶν θεῷ) is syntactically ambiguous: 'τὸ πᾶν' could mean 'the whole' (i.e., the universe) or 'everything' (i.e., all possessions), and the comparative 'μᾶλλον ἢ' could mean 'rather than' or 'more than'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}