| Title(s) |
Scholium in Nicetae Choniatae historiam (182.43-183.65)
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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: 989-990
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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) |
Manouel I Komnenos (28/11/1118 - 24/09/1180) - PBW: Manuel/1/
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| Tag(s) |
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| Translation(s) |
Emperor Manuel, what happened that you turn this way?
You boast you are the greatest king
among all those who reign and you fear the Perso-Scythians (Turks)?
Indeed, God hates the arrogant hearts
and grants the humble ones abundant grace.
- Language
- English
- Source(s)
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| Comment |
The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 182.43-183.65.
The epigram also occurs in Par. suppl. gr. 249 (f. 230v), 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: 154-155, 219-220
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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: 91
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| Number of verses |
5 |
| 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/33762 |
