Type 33645

Ἐν ὑγροχέρσῳ παγκρατεστάτῃ μάχῃ,
ἄναξ τροποῦται Παίονας κατακράτος·
καὶ Χράσμον εἷλε ξύν τε Φραγγοχωρίῳ.
Title(s) Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (17.50-18.61)
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: 976
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) In a powerful battle by water and land
the king put to flight the Paeonians (Hungarians) with power,
and seized Chrasmos (Chramos) together with Frangochorion (land of the Franks).
Language
English
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Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 17.50-18.61.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (f. 226r), where it does not function as a book epigram.
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Number of verses 3
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