Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33661

	Ἡ φρὴν ἀλαζὼν, δουλικῶς δεσμῇ πόδας,
	ὁ κομπορρήμων βάρβαρος Κωνσταντῖνος·
	οἴχῃ δὲ φυγὰς, ἀλλ’ ἐσαῦθις συνέχῃ·
	καὶ καθυπάγῃ ταῖς δίκαις ἐπαξίως.

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)	Arrogant mind, you are shackled in the feet as a slave, barbarian braggart Constantine. Then you escape, but you are detained again, and you are subjected to justice as you deserve. 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: 979
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 25.40-48.
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
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
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