Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33596

	Ἀλέξιε κράτιστε Κομνηνιάδη,
	ἀνακτορικῶς ἐμβριμᾷ τῇ ξυλλέχῳ·
	καὶ σῷ γόνῳ τὸ κράτος ἐνδίκως νέμεις.

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)	Alexios I Komnenos (1048 - 15/08/1118) - PBW: Alexios/1/ Eirene Doukaina (1066 - 19/02/1138) - PBW: Eirene/61/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Most mighty Alexios Komnenos, as a true king you rebuke your wife, and you fairly bestow the power on your son. 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 5.10–17.
Bibliography
Number of verses	3
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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.