Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33672

	Δὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς τῇ Θεουπόλει πόλει,
	καὶ δὶς νικητὴς εἰσιὼν, κλέος νέμει·
	καὶ δὶς δὶς οὗτος αὖθι τῇ Κωνσταντίνου,
	καὶ μυριάκις μυριοστεφηφόρος·
	ὡς τῶν καλῶν κάλλιστος Αὐσόνων ἄναξ,
	ἐφίσταται θρίαμβον ἀρτύων πάλιν.

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: 981
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/ Triumph
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Twice the emperor bestows on the city of Theoupolis (Antioch) glory and twice entering as a victor, and two times twice he did the same on Constantinople and innumerous times bearing innumerous crowns. As the best king of the good Romans he arrives and prepares again a triumph. 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: 981
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 31.16-21.
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1881, Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. Historiens grecs (vol. 2), Paris: 178-179
Number of verses	6
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	Vassis ICB 2005, 149: "Scholium marg. in Historiam Nicetae Choniatae"
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