Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:poetry
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gptkbp:adaptedInto |
folk
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
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gptkbp:date |
10th century
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gptkbp:form |
verse
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gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Digenis Akritas (epic poem)
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:oral_tradition
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gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Medieval_Greek
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gptkbp:length |
approximately 3,700 lines
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gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Digenis_Akritas
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gptkbp:notableFor |
blend of Greek and Eastern elements
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gptkbp:setting |
gptkb:Byzantine_frontier
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gptkbp:significance |
earliest surviving work of Modern Greek literature
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gptkbp:studiedIn |
Byzantine studies
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gptkbp:subject |
Akritai (Byzantine frontier guards)
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gptkbp:survivingWorks |
Escorial manuscript
Grottaferrata manuscript |
gptkbp:theme |
heroism
frontier life Byzantine-Arab relations |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Digenis_Akritas
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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