Digenes Akritas - Byzantine Epic Poem

In this episode we talk about the Byzantine Epic Poem “Digenes Akritas”“Digenes Akrites” translated by John Mavrogordato, 1956, Oxford University PressSource and translation for the poem mentioned at the end in description of this video Illustrated and narrated summary of poem along with some background history (I don’t agree with everything here but it is well put together) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chroniclesofchirstendom.substack.com