Digenis Akritis: The Grottaferrata and Escorial Versions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521394727)

"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 versions, of which the two oldest are edited here. This edition and translation aims to highlight the nature of the lost poem, and to provide a guide through the maze of recent discussions about the epic and its background.

Author: Elizabeth Jeffreys
ISBN-10: 0521394724
ISBN-13: 9780521394727
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/1998
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.19d