Roderick Beaton : Digenes Akrites: New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry (Publications for the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London, Vol 2)
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This work on Byzantine heroic poetry offers material on "Digenes Akrites" and the classical revival in the 12th century; the Grottaferrata version of "Akrites"; Armenians in Byzantine epic poetry; the Akritic hero and its socio-cultural status in the light of comparative data; and more.
