Digenis Akritis: The Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions by Unknown
Digenis Akritis: The Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions

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Digenis Akritis: The Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions

Unknown with Elizabeth Jeffreys (Translator)

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nonfiction classics poetry reflective medium-paced
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Digenis Akritis is Byzantium's only epic poem, telling of the exploits of a heroic warrior of double descent on the frontiers between Byzantine and Arab territory in Asia Minor in the ninth and tenth centuries. It survives partially in six version...

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