Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33623

	Ἔσπειρεν ᾿Aξοὺχ ἐς ψυχῆς ἐσθλῆς βάθος·
	ἥ δ’ εἰς ἑκατὸν ἀνέδωκε τὸν στάχυν,
	Χριστοῦ τὸν οἶκτον ἀτεχνῶς μιμουμένη.

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: 973
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)	John Axouch - PBW: Ioannes/293/ (domestikos, sebastos) Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Axuch sowed in the depth of a noble soul, which produced a hundredfold grain genuinely imitating the clemency of Christ. 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: 973
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 11.82-85.
Bibliography
Number of verses	3
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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