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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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. |
Comment | The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 31.16-21. |
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Number of verses | 6 |
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 149: "Scholium marg. in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae" |
Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/33672 |
Last modified: 2021-11-19.