"Digenis Akritis" is Byzantium's basically epic poem, telling of the exploits of a heroic warrior of "double descent" at the frontiers among Byzantine and Arab territory in Asia Minor within the 9th and 10th centuries. It survives in part in six types, of which the 2 oldest are edited the following. This variation and translation goals to focus on the character of the misplaced poem, and to supply a consultant during the maze of contemporary discussions in regards to the epic and its history.
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