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) | |
Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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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) |
Acknowledgements |
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Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 768: "Scholium in Diodorum Siculum (2. 41.2)" |
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Last modified: 2023-04-11.