This volume offers a narratological commentary on Digenis Akritis, exploring its structure, narrative techniques, and engagement with earlier traditions, while presenting the Byzantine heroic poem as both a historical product and a timeless tale.
Markéta Kulhánková is a researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences and an associate professor at Masaryk University. Her research focuses on Byzantine narrative, with additional interests in the modern reception of Byzantium. She also translates Byzantine and Modern Greek literature into Czech.
