Type 33760
| Κιβωτὸς ὦδε κατακλυσμὸς ὑδάτων· | |
| κόρακες ἄλλοι Νῶε καὶ πανσπερμία· | |
| καὶ ῥῆμα παλαίφατον εἰς πέρας τρέχει· | |
| σκηνὴ κιβωτὸς τῶν ἀνακτόρων νέα· | |
| ῥαγδαιοτάτων ἀπλετάτων ὑδάτων, | |
| χύσις, ὕσις, σύρροια, τῆς σκηνῆς κλύσις· | |
| ἀρχηγέτης δὲ Νῶε, τῶν ἀστῶν ἄναξ· | |
| βουνῶν κοράκων τῶν παρωνυμουμένων | |
| μέσον πεσὼν, ἔστησε τοὺς μακροὺς δρόμους· | |
| ἡ δ’ αὖ ἀπείρου στρατιᾶς πανσπερμία | |
| τὸν ἀνδριάντα τῆς στρατηγίας νέκυν | |
| πρὸς τὴν βασιλεύουσαν ἀνάγει πόλιν. |
| 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: 988-989 |
| 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) |
Here is the ark, the flood of waters, other crows, Noah and the variety of species. And the old prophecy is being fulfilled: the royal camp is the new ark; the stream of most furious, immeasurable waters, the rain, the accumulation of water is the inundation of the camp; and the leader Noah is the king of citizens, who, falling in the middle of the mountains so-called “crows”, stopped a long course; and in turn the variety of the immense army brings the deceased, a model of military command, back to the imperial city. |
| Comment | The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 41.7-16. |
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| Number of verses | 12 |
| 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: 2021-11-19.
