Type 33758
| Τὸ τραῦμα βραχὺ δακτύλου δέρμα ξέσαν, | |
| ὁ δ’ ὄγκος οὕτω τῆς χερὸς μέτρου πέρα, | |
| βαρύταται δ’ αὖ αἱ περιωδυνίαι· | |
| ὡς ἀποκαμεῖν καὶ Μαχαόνων ἄκος· | |
| καί σοι, βασιλεῦ, τέρμα μηνύει βίου· | |
| φρόντισον οὐκοῦν τοῦ κράτους διαδόχου. |
| 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: 988 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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| Translation(s) |
The wound that scraped the skin of the finger was small, but the inflammation of the hand was so beyond measure and the excessive pains were so deep as to exhaust the remedies of the Machaones (doctors). And this reveals the end of your life to you, emperor: now think about the heir of the power. |
| Comment | The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 40.71-41.7. |
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| Number of verses | 6 |
| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 318: "Scholium marg. in Nicetae Choniatae historiam" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/33758 |
Last modified: 2021-11-19.
