{"product_id":"digenis-akritas-denison-b-hull-9780821408339","title":"Digenis Akritas: The Two-Blood Border Lord-The Grottaferrata Version","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the epic romances of post-Barbarian Europe, such as \u003ci\u003eRoland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEl Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDigenis Akritas\u003c\/i\u003e has been the least known in the West-outside Greece. It is the story of a half-breed prince who guarded the eastern border of the Roman Empire of Byzantium on the Euphrates in the tenth century. His name and cognomen, \u003ci\u003eBasil, the Two-Blood Border Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, sum up the curious richness of his heritage: Roman by politics, Arab and Cappadocian by birth, Greek in language, and orthodox by faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn an incursion into Byzantine territory, an Arab Emir captures a Christian woman. Her relatives, in raiding to rescue her, convert the Emir and his people to Christianity and bring them back to the empire. Basil is born of this union. A prodigy of valor, his miraculous strength in hunting and in battle win him an Arab bride and the loyalty of her family. He settles in a splendid garden palace by the Euphrates, pacifies the Border, fights dragons and bandits only to die young at the same instant as his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poem in English verse translation is full of humor, fairytale, and a moving religious devotion. It recaptures an urbane vanished civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe translator has collated all the known texts and supports the translation with commentary, a bibliography, and a map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denison B. Hull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082140833X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821408339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.52d","brand":"Denison B. Hull","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995618738431,"sku":"9780821408339","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4390b3c-23b2-412b-b823-3b03e8d33373.jpg?v=1683336835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digenis-akritas-denison-b-hull-9780821408339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}