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Digenis Akritas

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  • textual criticism
    / Books transmitted orally

    …with the four versions of Digenis Akritas (a Greek epic). The distinction, however, is not always easy to draw. These considerations apply to a wide range of texts from ancient Hebrew through Old Norse to modern Russian, but they are especially important for medieval literature. In this field perhaps more…

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    …with the four versions of Digenis Akritas (a Greek epic). The distinction, however, is not always easy to draw. These considerations apply to a wide range of texts from ancient Hebrew through Old Norse to modern Russian, but they are especially important for medieval literature. In this field perhaps more…

    Read More