Type 33651

Τανισμάνιος εἷλε τὴν Κασταμόνα,
καὶ τοὺς φύλακας κτεῖνεν Ἕλληνας ξίφει.
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: 977
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 - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Tanismanios (the Danişmendid ruler Ghazi) seized Kastamon
and killed with the sword the Greek guards.
Language
English
Source(s)
J. Bértola 2021, Ephraim of Ainos at work: a cycle of epigrams in the margins of Niketas Choniates, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 114(3), 929-1000: 977
Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 19.6-9.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
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