Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33764

	Μυζῶσιν, ἄναξ, ὡς βδέλαι σοῦ τὰ βέλη·
	καὶ λειποδρανεῖς ἐξ ἀνηκέστου πάθους,
	τὴν πευκεδανὴν ἐν ψυχῇ βαλὼν λύπην.

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: 990
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)	Manouel I Komnenos (28/11/1118 - 24/09/1180) - PBW: Manuel/1/ - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ: Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/ - RGK: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Translation(s)	King, the arrows suck your blood as leeches, and you lose your strength from an incurable suffering as you throw a piercing grief in your heart. 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: 990
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 183.66-71.
Bibliography
Number of verses	3
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.