Type 33635

Τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀπορρὼξ σὺ, τρισάναξ,
καὶ συνθλίβεις δάκρυσι σαυτὸν ἐνθέοις.
Title(s) Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (15.88-93)
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: 974
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/
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Translation(s) Thrice king, you are the quintessence of piety
and you afflict yourself with divine tears.
Language
English
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Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 15.88-93.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (f. 225v), where it does not function as a book epigram.
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Number of verses 2
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Last modified: 2023-11-08.