Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33594

	Θεληματαίνεις οἷς παραβλέπεις φύσιν,
	ἄνασσα καλὴ, κἂν δοκῇς περ λανθάνειν.

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: 971
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)	Eirene Doukaina (1066 - 19/02/1138) - PBW: Eirene/61/ Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	You act arbitrarily against those whose nature you overlook, good queen, even if you seem to escape notice. 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: 971
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 5.90-1.
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.
Identification
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.