Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33635

	Τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀπορρὼξ σὺ, τρισάναξ,
	καὶ συνθλίβεις δάκρυσι σαυτὸν ἐνθέοις.

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: 274
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)	Ioannes II Komnenos (1087 - 1143) - PBW: Ioannes/2/ Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - VGH: 337.E - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Thrice king, you are the quintessence of piety and you afflict yourself with divine tears. 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: 974
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 15.88-93.
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
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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