Type 3954
(formerly typ/2042)

Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο,
ὀλβιόδωρε ἄνασσα, κυδίστη, ἀριστοτόκεια,
νυὲ χαριτοπρόσωπε μεγασθενέων βασιλήων,
ἣν πλέον ἀστράπτουσαν ἐϋβλεφάροιο σελήνης
εἰς γάμον ὄλβιον ἤρατο νυμφιδίοις ἐπὶ λέκτροις
πορφυρόπαις γόνος Αὐσονάνακτος καρτερόχειρος,
Ἀνδρόνικος μεγάθυμος, ἐϋμμελίης πολεμιστής,
ᾧ γέρα πρῶτα σεβαστοκρατορίης νεῖμ’ ὁ φυτεύσας.
εἰς τοίνυν λυκάβαντας ἀπειρεσίους ἐλάσειας.
Title(s) Στίχοι ἡρῷοι πρὸς τὴν σεβαστοκρατόρισσαν κυρὰν Εἰρήνην
Text source O. Lampsidis, 1996, Constantini Manassis Breviarium chronicum. Praefationem et textum continens (vol. 1), Athens: 4
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Constantine Manasses (1130-1187) - PBW: Konstantinos/302/
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Dedication
Translation(s)
Comment The epigram "was probably composed around 1145, after the completion of the Synopsis and before Eirene’s death in 1153" (Tomadaki 2022: 1417).
The epigram also occurs in the 17th-century manuscript Vat. Barb. gr. 41.
Bibliography
Number of verses 9
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 142: "Constant. Manasses, Ad Irenam sebastocratorissam"
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