The Byzantine Warrior Hero: Cypriot Folk Songs as History and Myth, 965-1571 (Byzantium: A European Empire and Its Legacy)

The Byzantine Warrior Hero: Cypriot Folk Songs as History and Myth, 965-1571 (Byzantium: A European Empire and Its Legacy)

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou
$163.80
Publication Date: December 16th, 2020
Publisher:
Lexington Books
ISBN:
9781793621986
Pages:
242
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Description

In this book, Chrysovalantis Kyriacou reconstructs the motif of the Byzantine warrior hero in Cypriot folk songs. Kyriacou uses this motif as a focus in examining Cyprus's memories of the pre-Christian past, Christian militarism, power struggles, and ethnoreligious encounters.

About the Author

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou is teaching associate at the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus.

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