Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33663

	Δισσῶν βασιλεὺς ἑρκίων ᾿Aναβάρζης,
	τῶν ἀποκρήμνων ἐγκρατὴς ὀφθεὶς μόγις,
	ἐξαλαπάζει τὴν περίκλυτον πόλιν·
	ὕμνει τολοιπὸν τὴν θεόσδοτον νίκην,
	ποιητὰ, μύστα τῶν σοφῶν ἐπῶν Κίλιξ.

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: 979
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)	When the emperor with difficulty is in control of the steep double defenses of Anabarza (Anazarba), he sacks the famous city. So, chant the God-given victory, poet, Cilician initiated in the wise verses. 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: 979
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 25.49-27.1.
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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