Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33637

	Ἡττᾷς, βασιλεῦ, σὺν θεῷ Σκυθῶν στίχας,
	γνώσει, λόγῳ, πράγματι καὶ πείρᾳ μάχης.

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: 975
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 defeat, emperor, with God’s help the lines of the Scythians with knowledge, words, practice and experience of war. 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: 975
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 16.1-4.
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.