Type 33672

Δὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς τῇ Θεουπόλει πόλει,
καὶ δὶς νικητὴς εἰσιὼν, κλέος νέμει·
καὶ δὶς δὶς οὗτος αὖθι τῇ Κωνσταντίνου,
καὶ μυριάκις μυριοστεφηφόρος·
ὡς τῶν καλῶν κάλλιστος Αὐσόνων ἄναξ,
ἐφίσταται θρίαμβον ἀρτύων πάλιν.
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: 981
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
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Poet
Ephraim of Ainos < Thrace (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: III.6408
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Translation(s) Twice the emperor bestows on the city of Theoupolis (Antioch)
glory and twice entering as a victor,
and two times twice he did the same on Constantinople
and innumerous times bearing innumerous crowns.
As the best king of the good Romans
he arrives and prepares again a triumph.
Language
English
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Comment The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 31.16-21.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (f. 227v), where it does not function as a book epigram.
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Number of verses 6
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 149: "Scholium marg. in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae"
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