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 1  6,8 |         development of Byzantine epic poetry and Byzantine popular
 2  6,8 |   Akrites. The true name of this epic hero was, apparently, Basil;
 3  6,8 |          history of Russia.~ The epic hero Digenes Akrites devoted
 4  6,8 |       hints found throughout the epic of Digenes Akrites it may
 5  6,8 |         of the Euphrates. In the epic Digenes accomplishes great
 6  6,8 |        frontier life.”[186] This epic has survived the Byzantine
 7  6,8 |      spells. In its contents the epic resembles very closely well-known
 8  6,8 |      well-known western European epic legends, such as the Song
 9  6,8 |          and Muhammedanism.~ The epic of Digenes Akrites is preserved
10  6,8 | discovered between the Byzantine epic and Arabian and Turkish
11  6,8 |    Thousand-and-One Nights. This epic, with its historical background
12  6,8 |        been reflected in Russian epic monuments, and the epic
13  6,8 |          epic monuments, and the epic of Digenes Akritas has its
14  7,4 |     authoress of the Alexiad, an epic poem in prose. This first
15  7,4 |    transformation of the Homeric epic in the Middle Ages, as well
16  8,16|        in the field of Byzantine epic poetry previous to the crusades,
17  8,16|      preceded by a great deal of epic poetry, so the Greek romances
18  8,16|      also as their background an epic basis. In both cases the
19  9,18|  influenced by another Byzantine epic hero, Digenes Akrites. “
20  9,18|        versions of the Byzantine epic, or whether he drew his