Digenis Akritas (epic poem)

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:folk
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:date 10th century
gptkbp:form gptkb:verse
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:oral_tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Medieval_Greek
gptkbp:length approximately 3,700 lines
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Digenis_Akritas
gptkbp:notableFor blend of Greek and Eastern elements
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Byzantine_frontier
gptkbp:significance earliest surviving work of Modern Greek literature
gptkbp:studiedIn Byzantine studies
gptkbp:subject Akritai (Byzantine frontier guards)
gptkbp:survivingWorks Escorial manuscript
Grottaferrata manuscript
gptkbp:theme heroism
frontier life
Byzantine-Arab relations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Digenis_Akritas
gptkb:Digenis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Digenis Akritas (epic poem)

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