Type 33735
| Ἀρτιφυὴς ἄκανθα, δημώδης λόγος, | |
| τὴν καλλιφυᾶ δείκνυσι παραυτίκα· | |
| καὶ καρποβριθὲς δένδρον ἁπαλὸς λύγος, | |
| καὶ κράσπεδον δ’ ὕφασμα τῆς παροιμίας· | |
| ἴδῃ δ’ ὁ προσσχὼν καὶ βασιλικωτάτην | |
| ψυχὴν ἀριστόχειρα δωρεοβρύτιν, | |
| ἐν μείρακι μένουσαν ἄνακτος σκύμνῳ· | |
| ῥυσίπτολις τοιός γαρ ὑπῆν ἐκ βρέφους | |
| Κομνηνιάδης Μανουὴλ, μέγας ἄναξ. |
| 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: 983 |
| 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) |
The newborn thorn, a popular saying, shows immediately its noble nature, and the soft twig shows a fruitful tree, and the edge shows the cloth according to the proverb. Whoever pays attention shall also see the most royal soul, brave and bursting with gifts living in the youngster, cub of the king. For such a saviour of the city was he since he was a whelp, Manuel the Komnenian, great king. |
| Comment | The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 35.28-38. |
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| Number of verses | 9 |
| 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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Last modified: 2021-11-30.
