Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4891
(formerly typ/2948)

	Ὁ συγγράψας γοῦν ὑπάρχει Κωνσταντῖνος,
	δοῦλος τούτων, Ἑρμονιακὸς τὴν κλῆσιν,
	Ἰωάννου καὶ τῆς Ἄννης, τοῦ καλοῦ μου
	γὰρ δεσπότου καὶ τῆς ὡραίας δεσποίνης.

Title(s)	Constantinus Hermoniacus, in metaphrasin Iliadis Homeri
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Constantine Hermoniakos (14th c.) - RGK: II.312e - VGH: 241.I - PLP: III.6129
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Anna Palaiologina (14th c.) - PLP: IX.21345 (despoina of Epirus < Greece) Constantine Hermoniakos (14th c.) - RGK: II.312e - VGH: 241.I - PLP: III.6129 John II Orsini Komnenos Angelos Doukas (13th c. - 1335) - PLP: I.207 (despotes of Epirus < Greece)
Tag(s)	Dedication Self-presentation
Comment	Constantine Hermoniakos wrote a Metaphrasis of the Iliad in 24 books of unrhymed octosyllables, commissioned John II Orsini Komnenos Angelos Doukas and his wife Anna Palaiologina, Italian despotes of Epirus.
Bibliography	Primary B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 429
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21548] Ὁ συνγράψας γοῦν ὑπάρχει· κωνσταντίνος [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 316 [1426-1500] (f. 22v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	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.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.