Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33766

	Ἂν εὗρεν ᾿Aνδρόνικος ὧν λύσιν δράσοι,
	πάντως ἂν εὕροι καὶ Σατὰν κακῶν λύσιν·
	ὃν ὁ βροτουργὸς εἶπεν ἀνθρωποκτόνον.

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
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Andronikos I Komnenos (1118 - 12/09/1185) - PBW: Andronikos/1/ Devil Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Had Andronikos found absolution from the things he did, even Satan would surely find absolution from his wicked deeds, whom the creator of mortals called the murderer of men. 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 323.60-74.
Bibliography
Number of verses	3
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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