Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33768

	Ἀσυμπαθής, ἄνθρωπε, καὶ φθόνου γέμων·
	τί γὰρ βλαβήσῃ πρὸς χάριν τὸν οἰκέτην
	σώζειν θεοῦ θέλοντος ἐξ εὐσπλαγχνίας;

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: 990
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)	Andronikos I Komnenos (1118 - 12/09/1185) - PBW: Andronikos/1/ Niketas Choniates (1155 - 1217) - PBW: Niketas/25001/
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	Man, you are pitiless and full of envy. For how would you be harmed if God graciously wants to save a servant out of his mercy? 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: 991
Comment	The poem comments on Niketas Choniates' History 323.75-324.95.
Bibliography
Number of verses	3
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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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