Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35285

ἁρματηλάτα βασιλεῦ | φαεσφόρε,
ἤδη δρόμο(ς) | σὸς πρὸ(ς) δύσιν ἀποβλέπει: |
τοῦ γ(ὰρ) τετρώρου τ(ὴν) καλὴν ξυνωρίδα·
σῶν πρωτογενν(ῶν) πορφυρανθῶν υἱέων,
ἅδου θερίστρα τοῦ κράτ(ους) παρηόρου,
ἔκοψ(εν) | ἀπήγαγε πρὸ(ς) σκότου πύλ(ας):
(καὶ) θανάτου κύλινδρο(ς) ἄφυκτο(ς) πάλιν:
ὡς ἐντρόχιον τῶ τροχηλεύματί σου·
πευκεδαν(ὸν) ἄτρακτ(ον) | (...) σ(ῆς) φαρέτρ(ας),
προῆκ(εν) ἰόχριστον ὡς βιοφθόρον·
(καὶ) κονδύλους σ(οὺς) τὸ, φθορ(ᾶς) ξέει ξίφο(ς)·
ἀρχῆς δι’ ὧν ἡνία καλῶς | ἰθύνεις:
τὸν ἀρχικ(ὸν) μύωπα δι’ ὧν κατέχ(εις),
τὸν κοκκοβαφῆ σὺ κάλαμον αὐτάναξ:
(καὶ) βασιλικ(ῶς) τ(οῖς) ὑπηκό(οις) | νέμ(εις),
ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δωρε(ὰς) τ(ὰς) ἀφθόν(ους):
ὄντ(ως) ἐπεστράτευσ(αν) ἐν σοὶ τριστάται,
θάνατο(ς)· ᾅδ(ης)· (καὶ) φθορὰ· κακ(ὸν) τρίτ(ον)·
καὶ σού | κατεκράτησ(αν) αἲ αἲ ζημί(ας):-
Type(s) [33754] Ἁρματηλάτα βασιλεῦ φαεσφόρε (19 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1301-1350
Manuscript VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 53 [1301-1350]
Place in Manuscript f. 18v
Palaeographical information Written in red ink by the main scribe in the left and lower margins.
Contextual information The epigram comments on Niketas Choniates' History 38.13–23.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_7071358
Bibliography

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Number of verses 19
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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