Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33667

	Ἐδὲμ, Βυζαντὶς, Εὐφράτην ξένον βρύεις,
	τὸν χρυσοδίνην καὶ χρυσοπλουτοβρύτην·
	ὃς τὰς παρευφράτιδας ἐκρέων ῥύδην
	ἐξαλαπάζει καὶ παρασύρει πόλεις,
	Πιζὰ, Χάλεπ, Νίστριον, Καρφαδὰ, Φέρεπ.

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: 980
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)	Eden Konstantinoupolis 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)	Like Eden, Byzantium, you produce an extraordinary Euphrates of golden whirlpools bursting with wealth of gold, which flowing profusely sacks and sweeps away the cities next to the Euphrates, Piza (Buza’a), Aleppo, Nistrion, Kafartab, Pherep (Atarib). 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: 980
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 27.10-29.53.
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1881, Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. Historiens grecs (vol. 2), Paris: 169, 172
Number of verses	5
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, 170: "Scholium in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae"
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