Type 33655

Ἰσαυροκίλιξ, στρατιὰν ξένην δέχου,
Ταρσοῦ κρατοῦσαν, Βακᾶ καὶ τῆς ᾿Aδάνης.
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: 978
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) Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/ - RGK: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Isauro-Cilician, receive the foreign army
that conquers Tarsos, Baka (Vahka) and Adana.
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: 978
Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 21.54-22.65.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
Acknowledgements

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 366: "Scholium marg. in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae"
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