| Title(s) |
Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (32.31-33.60)
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| 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: 982
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Editorial status |
Critical text |
| Genre(s) |
Text-related epigram
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| Person(s) |
- Poet
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Ephraim of Ainos < Thrace (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: III.6408
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| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Subject(s) |
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| Tag(s) |
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| Translation(s) |
Knowing that nature is an invincible weapon for the things in nature,
emperor, you carry an immortal power.
For, when you see the most beloved man of your own kin
returning from his flight and wandering,
you offer thanksgivings to God,
immensely pleased more than with your innumerous victories.
Nature indeed knows in a reconciling way
to bring together and collect
the broken pieces of kinship.
- Language
- English
- Source(s)
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| Comment |
The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 32.31-33.60.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (ff. 227v-228r), where it does not function as a book epigram. |
| Bibliography |
Primary
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J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 143-144, 198-199
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H. Wolf, 1557, Nicetae Acominati Choniatae, magni logothetae secretorum, inspectoris & iudicis veli, praefecti sacri cubiculi LXXXVI annorum historia, videlicet ab anno restitutae salutis circiter MCXVII, in quo Zonaras desinit, usque ad annum MCCIII, Libris XIX descripta … ex trium codicum laboriosa inter sese collatione, Basel: 17
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| Number of verses |
9 |
| Occurrence(s) |
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| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Identification |
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/33727 |
