Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33651

	Τανισμάνιος εἷλε τὴν Κασταμόνα,
	καὶ τοὺς φύλακας κτεῖνεν Ἕλληνας ξίφει.

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: 977
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)	Ghāzī - PBW: Gumushtegin/101/ Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Tanismanios (the Danişmendid ruler Ghazi) seized Kastamon and killed with the sword the Greek guards. 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: 977
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 19.6-9.
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.