Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33729

	Ἄναξ, ὁ πραῢς καὶ μέτριος τὸν τρόπον,
	βαρὺς δοκεῖς πως τῷ στρατῷ τῶν Αὐσόνων·
	πάντως ἀνιστῶν ἀρεϊκοὺς πρὸς τρόπους·
	τούτους θυραυλεῖν ἐκβιάζεις ἐντέχνως.

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
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)	Ioannes II Komnenos (1087 - 1143) - PBW: Ioannes/2/ - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ: 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)	King, gentle and moderate in character, you seem somehow severe to the army of the Romans, stirring them in all possible ways towards martial manners, you skilfully force them to camp out in the field. 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: 983
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 33.67-83.
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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Last modified: 2021-11-19.