Type 5768
(formerly typ/3788)
| Ἄναξ Ῥωμανὲ τῆς ὅλης οἰκουμένης, | |
| ἀπῆλθες, ἐστράτευσας, ὡπλίσω πάλιν. | |
| Ἀλλ’ ἀντανῆλθεν ἡ στράτευσις εἰς φόνους. | |
| Βουλῇ πονηρᾷ τῶν κρατώντων Αὐσόνων | |
| βέβηλος ὥσπερ ἐστερήθης ὀμμάτων, | |
| βίου τε τὴν στέρησιν ὑπέστης ἄναξ. | |
| Γελῶσι νῦν ἅπαντες ἐχθροὶ συντόμως | |
| γέλωτα θερμὸν οὐχ ὅρον κεκτημένον. |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Romanos IV Diogenes - PBW: Romanos/4/ |
| Tag(s) | Reference to content of the book |
| Translation(s) |
Romain, seigneur de toute la terre, tu es parti, tu as mené la guerre, arme-toi encore une fois. Mais la campagne s’est transformée en meurtres. A cause de la malveillance des puissants Ausones tu as été privé des yeux, comme un impie, et tu as dû souffrir de la privation de la vie, seigneur. Maintenant tous les ennemis rient d’un coup, et leur ris est gras, n’a pas de limites. |
| Comment | Odorico (2012: 222) made the hypothesis that Leon Tzikandiles could be the author of the epigram. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined
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| Number of verses | 8 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[17292] ἄναξ ῥωμανὲ τῆς ὅλης οἰκουμέν(ης)
[12th c.]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1711 [11th c.] (f. 394v) (8 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 43: "In obitum Romani IV Diogenis imp." |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5768 |
Last modified: 2019-08-14.
