Denison Bingham Hull is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard School of Architecture. He is a trustee of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece, and has received numerous honors, including the Gold Cross and the Order of the Phoenix from the Greek government. He is the translator of Homer’s Illiad and Homer’s Odyssey, also published by Ohio University Press.
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Digenis Akritas
The Two-Blood Border Lord—The Grottaferrata Version
By Denison B. Hull
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Translation by Denison B. Hull
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Introduction by Denison B. Hull
Among the epic romances of post-Barbarian Europe, such as Roland and El Cid, Digenis Akritas has been the least known in the West. It is the story of a half-breed prince who guarded the Roman Empire of Byzantium on the Euphrates in the tenth century. This new translation recaptures an urbane vanished civilization.
Digenis Akritas
The Two-Blood Border Lord—The Grottaferrata Version
By Denison B. Hull
·
Translation by Denison B. Hull
·
Introduction by Denison B. Hull
Among the epic romances of post-Barbarian Europe, such as Roland and El Cid, Digenis Akritas has been the least known in the West. It is the story of a half-breed prince who guarded the Roman Empire of Byzantium on the Euphrates in the tenth century. This new translation recaptures an urbane vanished civilization.
Digenis Akritas
The Two-Blood Border Lord—The Grottaferrata Version
By Denison B. Hull
·
Translation by Denison B. Hull
·
Introduction by Denison B. Hull
Among the epic romances of post-Barbarian Europe, such as Roland and El Cid, Digenis Akritas has been the least known in the West. It is the story of a half-breed prince who guarded the Roman Empire of Byzantium on the Euphrates in the tenth century. This new translation recaptures an urbane vanished civilization.
