Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
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	Primary E. Miller, 1881, Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. Historiens grecs (vol. 2), Paris: 165
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 366: "Scholium marg. in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae"
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