Type 33594

Θεληματαίνεις οἷς παραβλέπεις φύσιν,
ἄνασσα καλὴ, κἂν δοκῇς περ λανθάνειν.
Title(s) Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (5.90-1)
Text source J. Bértola 2021, Ephraim of Ainos at work: a cycle of epigrams in the margins of Niketas Choniates, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 114(3), 929-1000: 971
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
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Poet
Ephraim of Ainos < Thrace (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: III.6408
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Eirene Doukaina (1066 - 19/02/1138) - PBW: Eirene/61/
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Translation(s) You act arbitrarily against those whose nature you overlook,
good queen, even if you seem to escape notice.
Language
English
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Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 5.90-1.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (f. 224v), where it does not function as a book epigram.
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Number of verses 2
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