Type 33627

Πορθεῖ, πολίζει, Λαοδικείας πόλιν
μιᾷ ῥοπῇ μέγιστος ἄναξ χαρίεις.
Title(s) Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (12.1-5)
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: 973
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Ephraim of Ainos < Thrace (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: III.6408
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Ioannes II Komnenos (1087 - 1143) - PBW: Ioannes/2/
Tag(s)
Translation(s) The greatest graceful king destroys and rebuilds
in one movement the city of Laodikeia.
Language
English
Source(s)
Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 12.1-5.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
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Last modified: 2024-09-09.