Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33659

	Ὁ βάρβαρος στόμαλγος ᾿Aρμενοκίλιξ,
	κενῶς προκαλῇ κατ’ ἐπιλέγδην μάχην·
	στέξεις γὰρ οὔκουν τὸ βριθὺ μέγα ξίφος,
	Εὐστράτιος ὃ χειρὶ παχείᾳ φέρει,
	ὁπλιτοπάλας Μακεδὼν σακεσφόρος.

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: 978
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)	Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Boastful barbarian Armeno-Cilician, in vain you challenge an elected soldier to battle. In fact, you will not endure the heavy big sword that Eustratios with a stout hand bears, the heavy-armoured Macedonian shield-bearer. 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: 978
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 22.76-24.29.
Bibliography
Number of verses	5
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.