Type 34683

Τοῖς στρατιώταις καὶ νῦν ἐκ βασιλέων
δῶρον πολυτέλεια τῶν ὀψωνίων·
οἵ δ' ἀνέσει στοιχοῦσι κἀν καιροῖς μάχης
βίον τὸν ἀναίμακτον ἐσπουδακότες.
Text source C. Mazzucchi 1995, Leggere i classici durante la catastrofe (Costantinopoli, maggio-agosto 1203): le note marginali al Diodoro Siculo Vaticano gr. 130. Parte seconda: i dodecasillabi della terza mano e la personalità del loro autore, Aevum, 69(1), 200-258: 209
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)
Translation(s)
Comment Mazzucchi (1995: 254-255) identifies the author as Niketas Choniates. Bértola (2021: 42) is more cautious: "Nothing invites the rejection of the postulated authorship of Niketas Choniates, but there is not enough evidence either to accept it without prudent hesitation."
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [34686] τοῖς στρατιώταις καὶ νῦν | ἐκ βασιλέων [1203]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 130 [942-975] (f. 111r)
(4 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 768: "Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (2. 41.2)"
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