Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33603

Σοφὴ γυναικῶν, ἐκ λύπης ταῦτα λέγεις.

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: 972
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)	Anna Komnene (1083 - 1153-1154) - PBW: Anna/62/ Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Wise among women, you say this from grief. 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: 972
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 10.52-56.
Bibliography
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[34205] σοφὴ γυναικῶν, \| ἐκ λύπ(ης) ταῦτα \| λέγεις [1301-1350] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 53 [1301-1350] (f. 6v) (1 verse)
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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