The Tale of Livistros and Rodamne: A Byzantine Love Romance of the 13th Century

by Panagiotis A. Agapitos

Book Overview

This volume offers the first fully scholarly translation into English of the Tale of Livistros and Rodamne, a love romance written around the middle of 13th century at the imperial court of Nicaea, at the time when Constantinople was still under Latin
dominion. With its approximately 4700 verses, Livistros and Rodamne is the longest and the most artfully composed of the eight surviving Byzantine love romances. It was almost certainly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789622166
• ISBN13: 9781789622164
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 208 Pages