Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33631

	Ἔπτης, βασιλεῦ, ὡς ταχινὸς ἱέραξ,
	κἀπὶ κορυφὰς τῶν ὀρῶν ἠλιβάτους·
	αἷς ἐστὶ τεῖχος Ἱερακοκορυφίτου.

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: 974
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) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	You flew, emperor, like a swift hawk, also over the steep peaks of the mountains, in which there is the fortification of Hierakokoryphitis (the peak of the hawk). 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 13.36-38.
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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Last modified: 2026-01-19.